Incense Sacrifice

This sedoka was written for One Single Impression prompt #31: “Fleeting”. Enjoy.

-Nicole

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musk and patchouli
dance in time-release ribbons
of pungent smoke through the air

petals and greens die
sacrificed by burning – once
spent, Egypt is forgotten

Written 9/28/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

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Lover’s E-mail Exchange

This sedoka was written for the Three Word Wednesday prompt. This week’s words: omitted, gamble, and temporary. Enjoy.

-Nicole
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long distance gambles
Eros lives in our e-mails
hearts lift on temporary highs

after we have met
we discover that both have
omitted critical truths

Written 7/30/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

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Earth

This sedoka was written for this week’s Monday Mural prompt at Poefusion. Enjoy.

-Nicole
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inert silent earth
lies beneath statued trees and
silver mirrors of water
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Two Sides of a Man

This sedoka was written for One Single Impression Prompt #20: Myth. Enjoy.

-Nicole
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side one: tall, weathered
a black-clad clarion call
notorious sinner singer

side two: gentle, wise
examining the world around
him for fingerprints of God

Written 7/12/08
&copy 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

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Summers Juxtaposed

This was a sedoka written for Read Write Poem Prompt #35: “fun in the sun” (NOT!). Here is my take. Enjoy.

-Nicole
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released from the jaws
of school, time was now my own
to sculpt summer freedom with

twenty years later
loneliness wraps around me
in emptied, silent school halls

Written 7/11/08
&copy 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.

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