EN 403 Renku project: Respond to this post with either another haiku, or a two-line, seven-syllable response. The order should be: haiku, couplet, haiku, couplet... Please follow the order.
A row of dry stones
on the windowsill, soaking
in winter sunlight.
Sink dripping on a green sponge,
ReplyDeletedroplets soaking fully through.
in the yard books fade
ReplyDeletethrough the pale gray breeze of noon,
lost pages scatter
Door creaks back and forth slowly,
ReplyDeletebrown paint flakes off in the wind.
snow flakes dance bravely
ReplyDeletehiding the black of the street
a virgins head dress.
Laughter fills an empty room
ReplyDeleteechoing off walls unheard
hymns laced the hallways
ReplyDeletebefore the women fell ill,
just drunk men sing now
broken hues sing the sadness
ReplyDeletesplattering forlorn color
religion breaks through
ReplyDeletestone vessels gasping for breath
cover hearts with ash
Drunken flies weave sad patterns
ReplyDeleteacross the cold afternoon.
relax in the clouds
ReplyDeletepromises the broken noise
singing in his ear
torn skirt shakes Tuesday
ReplyDeleteher blotched blood finger painted
puddle rings outward
(AH! Laura it happened! oops!!!!)
ReplyDeletedo not interpret these words:
ReplyDeleteleafs bleed internal nightfall
Questions form, vanish
ReplyDeletelike smoke rings lilting across
a mirror-perfect lake
Reflecting serenity
ReplyDeleteAs it lay in peace. Silent
Their blood no longer boils
ReplyDeleteBut now dispirits coldness
In the freezing dark.
the moon looks down upon them
ReplyDeleteand seeing shame, turns away
Silver rays stroke the
ReplyDeletemist, facing forward my looks
leave you wanting more
but wait, the endless search for
ReplyDeletepaperthin dreams never done
drying up in the
ReplyDeletestaggering sunday heat, they
turn rocks to pebbles