Glimpse of Mortality

A Haiku by Dean Hodsfry

By Dean HodsfryPublished 3 months ago • 1 min read

I see the black shape

From the corner of my eyes

My Memento Mori?

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Dean Hodsfry

Dean is a writer of short ghost stories, flash fiction and has just completed a first draft of a epic fantasy novel called the Doomsday Saga: Shield of Virtue.

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A Haiku by Dean Hodsfry

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