Awe-Striking Aurora
Nature’s light show
Cold, crisp, cloudless nights
Dancing lights paint empty skies
Color swirls, dazzles
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Ryan Burkey
PNW native. Government analyst by day and a writer, song-writer and musician by night. Writing topics include nature, faith, relationships, and social commentary. Hobbies are traveling, coffee shop vibes, food, and comedy.
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By Kendall Defoe 6 days ago in Poets
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Dancing lights paint empty skies. Beautiful Haiku
Congrats!
Congrats 🙌… gorgeous Sky-ku… I’d love to see the Northern Lights one day 😊.
love those kind of skies
This is a gorgeous poem and I absolutely love the image as well. Great choice.
Congratulations Ryan!
Gorgeous!
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Inspiring!!! Congratulations on the runner up win!!!❤️❤️💕
Great and spare use of words. Really beautifully done and give a great feeling of Aurora. Congratulations on your win.
Very nice haiku, Ryan. Congratulations!
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