Balmy Charcoal Nights
For the Vocal Sky-ku Challenge
Balmy charcoal nights,
Stars shimmer plentiful in
Our land’s black cocoon.
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Written for the Sky-ku challenge which you can read about below.
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elegy for an unborn daughter
in my dreams, I have a daughter. she has my smile, warm and stretching across her cheeks like it will burst. she has her father’s eyes—soft and gentle—and his laugh. she is perfect. I give her a beautiful name, and she is everything I wish for her to be. she is curious, always asks questions and tries new things and lives without my fear of failure; she is generous, never selfish, but builds firm boundaries; she shows kindness to each soul she meets. I teach her everything my parents taught me. she learns how to read, to escape into a story and to write her own. she learns how to proof a loaf of bread, how to cut butter into flour and dust berries in flour before adding them to batter. she learns how to love, how to be loved. her life is beautiful, free from worry and filled with joy.
By Katherine J. Zumpano3 days ago in Poets
Comments (13)
Ooh, this one wraps you up like a cozy cosmic blanket! ✨ Pure serenity, love it! Keep the starlit magic coming!😊
Love how you described the night sky here.
Your Sky-ku filled me with peace! But how to quote those words or lines that speak to me in a Haikh. Copy and post the lot!! So just the final 2 ‘Stars shimmer plentiful in Our land’s black cocoon.’ Gentle. Beautiful. Enchanting. Reassuring. Pauline 🌸
Oooo, I especially loved that last line! So well done!
Love the imagery in this piece Grz!! Great work!
Gorgeous piece. Well done.
Stunning work G! You put your foot in this one! I swear that's a good thing! 🤣Lol I think that you have a winner here! 💪🏾 BRAVO!
This is sumptuous, pal. Sumptuous.
Oh, so lovely, Grz! I just love this :)
This felt vast and kind of like a hug at the same time :) Loved it!
-black cocoon- is such a great description for the vast mysteries of the universe. Great entry, Grz!
Gorgeous 👌💘
I like the sheltered closed feeling of this.