Category: Haiku & Other Poetry

Flash Fiction, Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

Behind the Blue Pane (in Two Parts)

Tina Stewart Brakebill

I haven’t felt much like writing the last few days. Too much … too much sadness and badness and hopelessness. No doubt that’s why when I WAS inspired to write today, it’s a bit dark. Doubly dark. So it’s a two for one today: flash fiction AND a haiku.

PART ONE: FLASH FICTION 

It had always bugged me. That door. It wasn’t in the center! And that blue pane. It wasn’t in the center of the door! Day after day I passed by. Trying not to let it eat at my brain. Until I couldn’t take it anymore. Mother had told me (over and over and over again) that I was being obsessive. Then she’d nag me about my pills. I didn’t think she needed to know. I was on strike. No more pills for me. They made me docile. But without them, I could march up to that door. And demand to know! But now I stare at that blue pane from the other side. Hunger gnawing at my brain. And I wonder. Was it ever really off center? Or was it me?

PART TWO: HAIKU

words strike the blue pane

hunger gnawing at my brain

opening the void  

131 words FLASH FICTION written for FFfAW 

Photo Credit to Jade M. Wong

Further inspiration from  FOWC

And with RonovanWrites

 

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

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Tina Stewart Brakebill

Proud to have my work picked for Pure Haiku !

my spirit escapes

through a portico of thought

unbound from my mind

 

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my spirit escapes

through a portico of thought

unbound from my mind

© Tina Stewart Brakebill 2018

Tina is addicted to haiku, sometimes at the expense of her other writing, so quit asking her when she’ll be done with her novel. To find out more, follow her at Tina Stewart Brakebill.

This was one haiku that stayed with me from the first read-through. I like the freedom in it and again, the writer approached the theme of portal from a different angle.

This haiku is part of our PORTAL theme!

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Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, Travel, tutto e niente

Calling All Boots

Tina Stewart Brakebill

Today’s prompt from FOWC inspired me (one could say it prompted me) to say a few words about the road trip that begins when my husband and I rise Thursday morning at the beautifully dark hour of 4:30AM and hit the road by 5:30.

“Where ya headed?”

Glad you asked. We are going north to escape the endless summer that has wrapped Florida in its deadly grip. We seek the Fall! Memories of cute boots and scarves and blue jeans and sweaters beckon.

“Come to me!!” They call.

“Wear me.” They tease.

“Wrap me.” They whisper.

I am tingling with excitement.

Oh and I get to see friends and family too. So it’s a win-win.

Of course this road trip includes a giant triangle of driving—South Florida to middle Illinois to Washington DC to south Florida—so it’s possible I’ll change my mind about the win-win. But for now I’ve got the pod casts downloaded and the play lists set.

Here we come autumn!

Updates to follow 🎃 but here’s a haiku to keep you warm till then. It’s not great but … BOOTS!!

As the moon falls low

We rise for a journey long

Seeking boots of fall

Thanks RonovanWrites