Haiku!

Haiku! (What? Bless you!)
No, seriously. (What? Haiku?)
Yes. It's all Haiku!

After not having written poetry in any standardized format whatsoever in ages, I picked up my copy of "Patterns of Poetry" for the umpteenth time - I must sit down and read this thoroughly one day soon. Lo and behold, tonight's random arrangement (oxymoron intended) is Haiku, a 3-line poem where lines 1 and 2 have 5 syllables, and line 2 has 7 syllables. Haiku is derived from Japanese verse, quite appropriate considering the blog's main theme.

various, untitled

lotus pond ripples
frogs nap in the midday sun
while crickets gossip

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young amber faerie
drowned in silvery dewdrop
her deathbed a rose

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birch trees in winter
bony hands grasping at life
blood stains in the snow

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midnight in repose
draped upon your sleeping form
soft sheets of moonlight

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pats and tummy rubs
bouncing bundles of brown fur
happy wagging tails

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lipstick on napkins
rings of alcohol rainbows
pink kisses, colorful lies

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wispy white tendrils
crawl across a placid lake
ghosts of early morn

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lost souls twisting
in the depths of your green eyes
sweet emerald storm