Haiku: The High Life

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Photographer:  Philipp Weigell

  

life lived with passion 

new adventure everyday 

zest that feeds the soul


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Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 30: Zest.

Lurking

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Just up the lane, about two blocks

from the beach, hides an alley,

dark and foreboding. By day,

you'd no doubt walk right by, eyes

forward, as you follow sea-green scents

to the shore where flocks of gulls

frolic above the frothy surf,

and pewter sands warm in the sun.

Enjoy the surf, but at dusk, best gather yourself

and head home. The sea is eternal; she can afford to

squander time that you don't have to waste. As you

make your way back, eyes forward, make haste
past the alley that hides two blocks up.

Deep within its intractable darkness, in a box

just large enough to accommodate, lies Evil,

its immortal heart beating in anticipation of night, and you.

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I'm participating in Wordle 54 on The Sunday Whirl. The challenge is to write a piece using the words below, taken from Blackberry by Sylvia Plath.

This is also linked in at dVerse Poetics - Vampires.

Haiku: Silence Swells

nary a whisper

no farewell or by your leave

echoes of you fade


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Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 29:  Echo (poet's choice)

Holding Court

Image: Prinzessin Hyazinthe

Alphonse Mucha, 1911 

Royal duty weighs heavy

on a young princess, especially 

one longing to whirl through the night

caught in the arms of her prince.

As the stench of sycophants

assaults her wrinkling royal nose,

she thinks to herself that holding court

is like holding cold fish, long dead.

 

A waltz fills the head

beneath her royal crown,

and satin toes hidden under

silk and brocade tap the 3/4 beat.

Fighting the smile that hovers

just behind her royal disdain,

she turns up the music

and dances away.

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I'm joining in at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, where the challenge is to an ekphrastic poem  (a decidedly unpoetic term) in response to a painting by the Czech art nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939).

Haiku: Political Sacrifice?

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eyes clouded by love

he reveals himself a lech

clarity moves in

clarity moves in

just as health packs up and leaves

wisdom comes too late


1949-2010

Photo Source: Elizabeth Edwards Foundation

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Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 28: Clarity.

Haiku: Dark Passion

 

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come to me, my love

temptation whispers my name 

how can I say no?

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Written for Haiku Heights - April Heights Challenge, Day 27: Temptation

Haiku: Plein Air Ballet

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Photo by Michael L. Baird

 

taken by the muse

melody only she hears

seaside pas de deux

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Written for Haiku Heights April Heights Challenge - Day 26: Melody.

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Still Life with Pride

Photo Prompt at Mag 114

I heard today you had drowned.

Can't say I'm very surprised.

I knew the day would come when

Hubris would rise in your gullet

And choke reality to death.

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Written for The Mag 114. Also linked at dVerse Open Link Night.