Humpty Dumpty
The king’s men
Can’t put together
Shattered dreams.
(photo by saavem at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/1mUxD8/Broken+glass )
Picasso? Dali? Molly?
Beautiful!
An art masterpiece!
No, burned car.
(photo by dlritter at
http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mi6ag4i/Steel%2C+Paint+and+Fire )
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Ten Stories Tall
Wear and tear?
No, more sinister:
Giant stepped here.
(photo by drow at http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mWyrOGc/damaged+pavement )
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* The haiku I write are lines of 3-5-3 syllables instead of 5-7-5.
See Haiku article here for explanation, if needed:
https://thebardonthehill.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/haiku/
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© Dennis Lange and thebardonthehill.wordpress.com, 2012.
Well, the first one is definitely poignant and powerful, but I really, really, really like the 3rd one best.
Hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I am thankful for this blog for it ever blesses the world with something it sorely needs, poetry.
Happy Thanksgiving. God bless.
S. Thomas Summers
Pushcart Nominated Author of Private Hercules McGraw: Poems of the American Civil War
Thank you. I’m just now seeing your comment for the first time. I got behind in emails and have been wading through them to catch up. I appreciate your comment very much.
I love the first one.