Skeletons of streets
When the phosphor of deep frost
And the moon conspire
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This poem was written for Carpe Diem Special #116, Tomas Tranströmer’s “and the frigid sea”, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And to wrap things up in a chilly, romantic fashion, here’s Cat Power.
Love the imagery here! I had not heard of Cat Power before…great video!
Thanks, the imagery just seemed logical somehow. And I’m glad I was able to introduce you to Cat Power, who’s pretty great 🙂
Phosphor of deep frost – great phrase.
KT
Cheers, must say I kind of like the phrase too 🙂
— and I’ll never see those winter streets the same way again — I have to echo wildbilbo here — “phosphor of deep frost” is a wonderful image –!
The music goes with this just beautifully
Another artist to look into — what a voice. 🙂
It’s a gorgeous song, isn’t it? A little while after the CDHK moon prompt I was kicking myself for not having included this song in that post – but fortunately…
Also as luck would have it, I was reading one of Aquileana’s Greek mythology posts just after seeing this prompt – it was about Hecate, a moon goddess, who was sometimes referred to as a “Phosphorescent Angel,” apparently – a nice phrase, I thought; rather Ginsbergy, hey? And I mentioned in the comment I left there that I thought I could use it in my next haiku 🙂
Yes — that is Ginsbergy!
Haven’t visited Aquileana’s site for a while — should start doing that again. Wonderful resources – I just always find myself short on time. o.O
I’m always up for a good conspiracy! 😉
Oak Trees and the Moon
Well, conspiracies make the world go round (or so I’ve heard…)
“phosphor of deep frost”—this phrase just feels delicious on my tongue!
Dead Trees & No Moon
That’s nice to hear. Personally, I do love phrases that have that delicious tactile quality when you say them 😉
Aquileana’s Site is an awesome source for Greek Mythtology … I have read her post about Hecate Blake … and I think you have done a great job with this prompt … very nicely done … chapeau!
Definitely, Aquileana’s fascinating posts rekindled my interest in Greek myths, much as CDHK and Jen’s posts made me want to read more haiku and try to learn from it.
I think you are becoming addicted to haiku Blake … 🙂
Perhaps…just a little… Jen didn’t warn me about that 😦
Not wrong with becomening an addict of haiku Blake … it’s (in my opinion) one of the most wonderful kinds of poetry and because of it’s “shortness” it’s Art (with a big A)
Ah I really love this.. you have gone deep with this .. and I love Cat Power..
Thanks, Bjorn, glad you liked the haiku – and I knew the song had to be a winner 😉