The Sleepless Midnight
A Haunting in Three Lines
Ravens stir the dusk,
echoes crawl through coffin wood,
midnight will not sleep.
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Tim Carmichael
Tim is an Appalachian poet and cookbook author. He writes about rural life, family, and the places he grew up around. His poetry and essays have appeared in Bloodroot and Coal Dust, his latest book.
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Congratulations on your win, Tim, and I must say that your image reflects your haiku perfectly!👏
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Tim, congratulations, please see below.
Tim, congratulations on being a runner-up in this contest. I had 35 of them in the contest. I still hope you read my entries in the poetry hunt contest
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Great depiction of the unsleeping midnight. Congratulations on your win Tim
Stunning work Tim! 💪🏾🎉
Well-wrought!
I wanted to write that it sounds like something Poe would write, if he'd ever written a haiku, but Margaret was faster in saying that. haha
I especially loved the second line!
Creepy! I didn’t realize you were a visual artist too that’s rad! How long did it take to paint that?
Awesome; sounds like something Poe would write.