a lamp’s glow—
withered like the page,
her finger
(3/5/3 Eng Sillybull van Count D)
Nov 12, 2021
Nov 12, 2021 at 11:55 PM UTC
a lamp’s glow—
withered like the page,
her finger
(3/5/3 Eng Sillybull van Count D)
03 07 2017
First published in SWITCH Poetry/Prose No 4,
07 2017
After having written hundreds of haiku in various styles and formats, I continued to experiment. The above haiku came out structurally polished in rough draft as 3/5/3. All I could do was add/remove/change punctuation. The haiku stands on its own with or without punctuation.
The haiku can be read from bottom to top as well without losing any of its original intent.
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