at night, orange
stone of the bombed cathedral
is a home for mist
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #718, Misty showers, 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 finish, here’s Bob Dylan, looking sharp –
Sunday declines
down a steep slope that leads home
down an empty street
on a Sunday stroll
prim Parisian lace trails
in a ripe dog turd
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #671, Sunday Afternoon, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, which gave Seurat’s painting “La Grande Jatte” as our inspiration. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here. And, to finish, here’s The Sundays with a song which, aptly, manages to include a lavatory in the lyric –
a raven carving
through a snow-tossed sky
zig-zags home
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This poem was written in response to Carpe Diem #624, Snow, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here.
Cat leaps up
Makes herself at home –
I am a hilltop
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This poem was written for Carpe Diem Ghost Writer #31, “One of a Kind”, another great prompt hosted by Chèvrefeuille at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. All of the poems in the link-up can be read here.
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