Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Haiku 5

(Umbra.)

A cold stone shoulder
Chipped bedrock, crushed aspirin.
Decomposition.

(Penumbra.)

Blackberry briars
Indigo shadows stain skin.
Consideration.

(Antumbra.)

Tight whorls of dark hair,
Trees toss out their tangled arms.
Build something sacred.

LL, 4/22/2009. Prevail.

3 comments:

  1. All of these have been fantastic. Thanks for contributing to the conversation and for cavorting on the playground of seventeen sounds.

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  2. You are better at this than I ever hope to be. Kudos to you.

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