coy candlelight
prettier than blue vistas
telling tales
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem’s Seven Days to Christmas” #3, candles, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And here’s a fine song by Al Green, with a blink-and-you-miss-it reference to candles –
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Great way to think of candlelight — a bit shy, a bit flirtatious — as opposed to that wide-open sky that shows everybody everything!
Your comment brought Blanche Dubois immediately to mind, though I don’t think I’d been thinking of her when I was writing the haiku.. hmm maybe a little 😉
“I’ve always relied on the kindness of strangers …..”!
Hmm that was a mistake, Blanche 😦
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