You Wrote Me A Love Note
A quadru-haiku
Burn the paper, send
it high into the star-flecked
heavens, fragmented.
//
Breathe ash onto the
mist-and-brine-borne winds, unclench
my fist, relinquish.
//
River of sea air,
carry broken pieces of
ashen words upwards.
//
Stars, read in full the
lying script, and consume for
me the dust remnants.
///
About the Creator
Chloë J.
Probably not as funny as I think I am
Insta @chloe_j_writes
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Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
By Hannah Moore7 days ago in Humans
Comments (7)
oof, felt this one. Lovely!
Oof. This reminds me of when the Step-Empress Nara burned her half of the portrait depicting her and Emperor Qianlong in the C-Drama Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace. Well done! Loved and subscribed. ❤️
Wow, I loved this! Very emotional! Congratulations on a beautiful Haiku!
This is amazingly beautiful
Awesome! Every line is golden. 💛 Congrats on your win!!
Nicely done. congrats
Congratulations on your win. Great haiku