All that glisters is
generally gold, but is its
glory what we need?
people shine in our
hearts, more permanent, more true,
but so transient
It’s time for TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge, where today the prompt is ‘gold’. That precious metal s something many hanker after, but what does it truly give us, in the end?
Please do take part – it’s fun!
He says she is his
exact mirror; a perfect
pair. She disagrees.
He is blind to their
discordance, refuses
to bear true witness.
It’s time for TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge, and this week, our prompt from the lovely TJ is ‘symmetry’. I tend to write two haiku (haikus?), but really you only need to write one -so why not give it a try?
She is a cracked plastic spoon,
brittle, cheap, temporary
in our use it, bin it world.
Not worth a second thought –
that’s what he thinks, anyway.
He is a brutal jackhammer
pounding everything in his path
scything his way through
without a second thought.
They are a match made in hell.
Sadly, this poem was inspired by a couple I observed whilst out and about in town today. They played on my mind and followed me home, in my head at least. I feel a little better for ‘writing it out’, but I do wonder what will become of them.
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