Pretty Ruin
For Falling Leaves and Haunted Echoes Challenges.
By Paul StewartPublished 4 months ago • 1 min read
Photo by Hasan Almasi on Unsplash
See me fall pretty
la petite mort, mort d'amour
ripped foliage bare
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Author's Notes: This is doing double duty for both the Falling Leaves and Haunted Echoes challenges.
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Comments (14)
Aw, the haunting beauty therein is undeniable.
Hey, I had to look up the French, but if this is also for the Haunted echoes challenge than that last line is brutal! 😅
Tragically romantic AND a haiku? Bravo!!
Love!
Merveilleuse, mon ami - un poéme tres fort!! Love this visceral, beautiful, linguistically varied piece!
C'est tres jolie, mon ami! J'adore le jeu de mots. You and Rachel bringing the naughtiness of fall out in Haikus. I'm as red as the leaves outside my window.
Beautiful even if they title does not suggest it so
Very clever poem! J'adore!
Clever from several angles. The second line certainly puts things in a different light.
Haiku Touched by a master. This flows with beauty and peaks our interest
I love the poem, Paul. That second line certainly carries a lot of...meaning, if you catch my drift. I don't know if it's supposed to, but it made me laugh.
Awesome! love the little sprinkle of Français. And I didn’t have to look it up to know what it means. Nice entry, Paul!
Good luck in both challenges.
It's a cross and you are so right in the title. Good job.