Sadness reigns within.
Hopeless, helpless, desperate
Night passes slowly.
Hopeless, helpless, desperate
Night passes slowly.
My tear-stained pillow
serves as soft, cushioned altar
for prayers thrown aloft.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Haiku: Poet's Choice
The fine women at One Deep Breath are celebrating the one year anniversary of the birth of the site by leaving the theme up to the individual poets. I wrote these a couple of weeks ago. I didn't know if I'd ever find a place for them. And then this week dawned.
My tear-stained pillow
serves as soft, cushioned altar
for prayers thrown aloft.
My tear-stained pillow
serves as soft, cushioned altar
for prayers thrown aloft.
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7 comments:
I just randomly discovered your blog. I'm glad I did.
Poignant poems. Thanks for sharing.
I hope you feel better.
A beautiful way to express sadness. Thank you, they are very good.
thanks for visiting my blog :) this is painfully beautiful, especially the image of the pillow altar. a really moving piece. good timing with the onedeepbreath anniversary. wonderful!
Hi, I stumbled across your blog from a meme that had your blog listed on it. Anyway, I thought the poems were great. I admire people that can spin words into meaning...I'm not so good at that. I agree with rax that the images are vivid and moving. Thanks for sharing!
Sadness is a tough subject but you have written these well. Strong images with so few words. The second one speaks to me most.
Beautiful, sad haiku. Hope the sadness was passing?
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