i still dream of shadows
gray guards, corded necks, black walking
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Five Haiku for Grief
This chained haiku, though written a little late (due to a wicked case of writer’s block the last couple of weeks) was written for Read Write Word Prompt #7. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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signatures of death:
mirrors turn their reflective
faces to the walls
roses become allies
crimson, lie as sentinels
upon your still chest
blood under your skin
withdrawn into silence – I
speak in tongues of grief
while you wear mists of
the eternal, ancient lake,
I am wearing black
memories yield to
alchemy – reassemble,
and they become you
Written 1/13/09
© 2009 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
Haiku #4, 6/12/08
clouds overhead
and pastel clouds on a stick
cotton candy day
Written 6/12/08
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Haiku #3, 6/12/08
summer cloud ceiling
pins down the hot thick air
wetness without rain
Written 6/12/08
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Haiku #2, 6/12/08
opening skyward
blooms of every color
joyful, unashamed
Written 6/12/08
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Haiku #1, 6/12/08
heavy white blanket:
new snow covers the graveyard -
the dead are sleeping
Written 6/12/08
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Haiku #4, 4/27/08
Gray skies overhead
Clash horribly with the smell
Of their barbecue.
Written 4/27/08
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Haiku #2, 4/30/08
Death and sex connected
Not just in le petit mort -
Also HIV
Written 4/30/08
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Haiku #4, 4/29/08
The Lord’s handiwork -
Does the human frame count as
A poetic form?
Written 4/29/08
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Haiku #3, 4/29/08
Around her shoulders
A strong, long, lean black arm
Down which his love flows
Written 4/29/08
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Haiku #2, 4/29/08
Blooming flower tree -
Electric purple branches
Reach up to the sky.
Written 4/29/08
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Haiku # 1, 4/29/08
Statue of Mary
Standing stone still, her arms are
Forever outstretched.
Written 4/29/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.


