dcmarti1 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Freshly fake flowers Stood as silent sentinels In cracked cinder block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Short, sweet and perfectly matched to the title- NIce Work! Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 An unexpected haiku! There is a time and place for "freshly fake." Strangely, these flowers seem welcome. Good to see you, Marti. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Even though I have never read it, the title is a blatant steal from "Love in the Time of Cholera". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Marti, This is just so real an image that conjures so many others. Stark imagery. You haven't lost your touch. ~~Judi Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W. Parsley Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Hi Marti, I like this haiku and have read it several times. I have been reluctant to comment, but would it be okay to revisit "sentinels"? I see the flowers more as a contingency to retain a sense of past and promised beauty, the anticipation of returning life in the midst of punishing pandemic. They do not feel like agents of watch and warning to me. Yes, they are "fake" and "fresh" introductions rooted in expediency, but they are present and engaged. One Fan's Thought, - David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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