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Haiku May 30, 2011

Filed under: Uncategorized — Paul Hughes @ 9:00 pm

Poison stars thread silk

in deathly constellations.

Cricket’s song unsung.

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Paul Hughes 2011

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Well, I don’t pretend to be any good at Haiku but I’m emerging from a very dry spell (training as a psychotherapist is draining my creative juices) and thought I’d have to write something. James Carter once said he writes haiku when he’s short of ideas. So, it seems a valid exercise. James hates limericks. I like them. So, here’s one I wrote this morning.

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Bill was a corgi from Kent

The Queen said “your tail is bent!

But wag it, dear fella,

and like a propellor ,

you’ll pass by with royal ascent.”

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Paul Hughes 2011

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Madam Topping assures me that the plural of “haiku” is “haiku.” So, thank you Ma’am and apologies to all…

 

 
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