Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

defying destiny (a tanka)

seeking to avoid

an unchosen destiny

she slips through the gap

like a whisper in the night

a bounded servant no more

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I love cemeteries. A recent visit to the historic Oaklawn Cemetery in Tampa inspired thoughts about escaping an unwanted destiny; whether that fate is death or something else is up to the reader to decide.

But, here’s hoping that 2021 offers some respite from 2020.

Thanks also to Linda’s JusJoJan Challenge word (servant) and to Fandango’s FOWC word (avoid) for giving me added fuel for my vague thoughts.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

grace denied (a haiku)

putrid memories

slip into my mind like rot

as grace is denied

red withering rose at daytime
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As the kids would say … #mood

Thanks to Fandango’s FOWC and to Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge for providing words that could be used to fit my current state of mind: PUTRID, SLIP, & GRACE.

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

true life revealed (a haiku)

A figment alleged.

But that vision melts away  

as true life bares all.

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Sadje’s WDYS Challenge today was to think about birthdays …. This got me considering life in general. Is our life imagined anything like our real life? If not, is that good or bad? And more importantly, is it wise to consider these thoughts during a global pandemic and the ongoing threats to democracy in the US? Probably not!

Anyway, thanks to Sadje for the original inspiration and to the WOTD Challenge (figment) and to Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge for this words (life and view, which I subbed in vision.)