Red, orange, gold— no more
Autumn has lost her beauty
Joys… all fell to gray
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Author’s note: I meant to write a haiku about how depression can take the color out of life, but it turned out more like a 3 line story about the onset of winter and seasonal affect disorder.
Haha, oh well. I’m done trying to edit it, other stuff I want to work on.
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Troxler’s Haunting
Troxler dims the lights He poisons your reflection Your own eyes are fouled *** Authors note: In 1804, psychologist Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler discovered a fascinating optical illusion— if one focuses on a set point, and keeps ones vision fixed, objects in the peripheries will begin to fade! This sensory phenomenon is called the Troxler effect, or Troxler’s fading!
By Sam Spinelli4 months ago in Poets
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I think you succeeded, so I look forward to seeing your vision complete.
The point still came across though!
I love how sometimes our writing has a mind of it's own and writes itself. Loved your Haiku!
The gray feeling of emotion is captured perfectly here. Loss, ending and disparity drain the color of joy leaving us with thoughts of lacking and loneliness
Autumn makes me depressed all the time, but it has a lot of beautiful colors :)
I think I know what you mean