after a pearl
melted tears and then darkness
the candle knows us
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #1253 Thousand Candles, another great prompt from Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s Grant Hart –
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Nice creation Blake.
Thanks, Chèvrefeuille. A bit busy here but see you at CDHK soon 🙂
O so beautiful and intricately woven !
Thanks, Milan. I think candles are one of those subjects it’s fairly easy to be ‘beautiful’ about – like blossom, butterflies, etc – they just invite it 😉
How true ! I took the picture of a candle and it mesmerised me ! It’s in one of my haiku , I think .