Showing posts with label Haiku 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Haiku 9. Show all posts

Sunday, April 5, 2015

An Orchard of Golden Apples for Eris


Haiku IX
Independence is
a fruitless tree of no-ledge
fallen far from roots














Image of painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), "My Lady Greensleeves" c. 1864 (w/apple blossoms)[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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