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By Kristen BalyeatPublished about a year ago 1 min read
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Photo by Dmitriy Ermakov on Unsplash

write your breath into

the frosted night, let me read

your soul by starlight

Haikulove poems

About the Creator

Kristen Balyeat

Words fly to me on the wind, bump into me as I'm strolling the city, splash me in the face while I rest by the river, and shake me awake in the middle of the night—I’m humbly one of the vessels they use to come to life.

Also, i love you:)

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  • Sara Wilsonabout a year ago

    This is beautiful!

  • L.I.Eabout a year ago

    Oh this is an awesome angle on the sky-ku.

  • Cathy holmesabout a year ago

    Oh my. Winner!

  • The Invisible Writerabout a year ago

    this is the winner for me. SO FREAKING GOOD

  • Lightning Bolt ⚡about a year ago

    ⚡❤️⚡

  • Dana Crandellabout a year ago

    Oh my, that's gorgeous! SO well done, my friend!

  • Hannah Mooreabout a year ago

    I have a blowing noise in my head reading this

  • Mariann Carrollabout a year ago

    Very unique. My favorite line, Let me read your soul by starlight ❤️

  • K. Kocheryanabout a year ago

    Oh, that is lovely. Really liked this piece.

  • Komalabout a year ago

    Quite deep!

  • Caitlin Charltonabout a year ago

    My breath is non existent now because you took it with this piece. I can imagine and see the breath with your choice of words ‘frosted night’ and that his soul might be illuminated by starlight. Such wonder, so vivid. It’s much appreciated especially when I repeat it.

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