carried away
my third entry to the sky-ku challenge. based on a true story. still feel guilty, have never flown a kite since. just know this: the wind can be bloody tricksy.
By L.C. SchäferPublished about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read
Photo by Gerson Repreza on Unsplash
sun sparkles on foam
paper bird scores sky, swoops. oops.
small child, salt-sprawled, bawls.
About the Creator
L.C. Schäfer
Book babies on Kindle Unlimited:
Summer Leaves (grab it while it's gorgeous)
Never so naked as I am on a page
Subscribe for n00dz
I'm not a writer! I've just had too much coffee!
Sometimes writes under S.E.Holz
Keep reading
More stories from L.C. Schäfer and writers in Poets and other communities.
Thou Shalt Not Set Fire to a Nunnery
"You're going to have to help me move the body." Julie stood in the doorway to my room, which was a cell really, and she was as close to breathless as I'd ever seen her. She looked dashing in the moonlight, and lit up with the glow of adventure.
By L.C. SchäferExclusive • 2 months ago
Comments (18)
This is great hahaha - The wind is a tricky thing.
The back story for this Haiku is amazing! Who knew kites were so dangerous! Loved your Haiku. Pity it ended your kite flying career though!
Hilariously cute poem…🤣 since it was surely more fright than actual pain involved. Kites are certainly unpredictable 🫣.
Oh my... this sounds like an HKB mishap so no judgement here!!
I feel bad for laughing but, haha!! Amazing work! A whole vivid visual sequence of events in just a few syllables!
Well-crafted L.C.! BRAVO!
Can't believe how you write an entire story with just seventeen syllables! Fascinating!
Been there, done that. Very nice.
Such a fun haiku, LC! Well done.
Haha! That kid probably developed a lifelong (and not altogether irrational) fear of being hit by a kite! This was brill!
Moving words
Oh no! Great Sky-ku!
Hahaha. Oops, sorry. Forgot I wasn't supposed to laugh. 🤭
Aww, that's sad! 😞 But I have to say, this haiku is beautifully written!
Oh no! Great Sky-ku!
I've taken out a picnic.
Aw, I hate when that happens! I've crashed a few and lost a few.
Where did you fly the kite at? I usually fly kites with my daughter when she was little at an open space park early fall or late spring