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Twitter Haiku

I sometimes take an idea of my own or something from an ongoing conversation on twitter and turn it into a haiku.  I will update this list as new ones come into existence.

My breath makes thick clouds/I’ve slipped and fallen on ice./Frozen stars can’t dance.

Bitter cold last night/at six below and falling./Hell’s freezing over.

High on eastern hills/the baked red sun is dimming./Here comes the cool night.

Snow sunlit brilliant/children playing on their sleds./winter came early.

The snow is falling/as white as bills on my desk,/drifting into debt.

My pen bends my soul/as willows bend to the storm./I must not break now.

The dawn comes for me,/Kneeling at the guillotine/Fate interrupted.

Sycamore leaves float/upon the waters of fall./Winter is coming.

There’s a Chimera/Waiting beyond the Blue Door./Haley is his muse.

I was sobbing there./The truck was coming too fast./Spot was not sleeping.

I just heard a sound./The window is now open./My cat cannot fly!

My pillow is torn./The autumn air is chilly./Feathers are floating.

February 6, 2009 Posted by mandrewsprong | Haiku, Poetry | | 1 Comment