Showing posts with label truth haiku. Show all posts
Showing posts with label truth haiku. Show all posts

Friday, January 23, 2015

A letter does not blush...


Haiku I

Bruised paper marked words
black and blue swollen intent
sharp-edged stabbing truth.














Image by Giacomo Galli c. 1620-1640, "The Penitent Mary Magdalene" (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons

White

Unopened mail on the counter, a meal half eaten sits on the table, fork frozen in position of the last bite. A world abandoned mid-sentence,...