Wrapped in black night silk,
backlit by a jealous moon,
you smothered my stars.
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Thank you for spending a moment with my words. If you like the way I play with letters from the alphabet, I would be honoured to have you as my guest, on my profile, where you can read whatever takes your fancy. If you’d like to read more haiku, they’re all here:
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Teresa Renton
Inhaling life, exhaling stories, poetry, prose, flash or fusions. An imperfect perfectionist who writes and recycles words. I write because I love how it feels to make ink patterns & form words, like pictures, on a page.
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Dignity
Against the blue sky a leaf floats, graceful like a queen, lands, soft * * * * * Thank you for spending a moment with my words. If you like the way I play with letters from the alphabet, I would be honoured to have you as my guest, on my profile, where you can read whatever takes your fancy. If you’d like to read more haiku, they’re all here:
By Teresa Rentonabout a year ago in Poets
Comments (3)
Oooo, I really loved this! So well done!
Such compelling imagery and metaphor. And I am a haiku fan so I appreciate your compilation as well!
Spectacular!!! Love it!!!