The exercise:
Your Two Haiku Tuesday prompt this week: mockingbird.
AFC Word Count: 12,308
AFC Word Target: 12,000
Busy night tonight, I'll reply to yesterday's comments later.
Mine:
Your voice is lovely,
But I believe I've heard it
From another's lips.
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Outside my window
Your song greets the day with cheer;
Please stop mocking me.
Have fun with whatever you're doing this evening! Which feels like a strange thing to say, given it's actually 5am here :)
ReplyDeleteAFC is coming along nicely by the looks of things, is it still giving you difficulties when you write for it, or is flowing better now?
I like your first haiku a lot, but the second one is good too.
Mockingbird
Artificialness,
Dressed up in a bird's feathers:
But it's still plastic.
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The bird in the tree,
Is watching and mocking me:
I'll set the cat free.
Kat got me an early Valentine's Day present - drumming lessons :)
ReplyDeleteThey're every Tuesday night for the next six weeks and tonight was completely awesome. It's a group class and there were 8 or 9 students there and the sound was amazing.
AFC is starting to get easier. I actually enjoyed writing today, as I finally managed to get past a few difficult to write scenes.
Love your second haiku :)
Our world is frozen,
ReplyDeleteChickadees don’t imitate
So I wait for spring
@Eloo Your second haiku makes me smile. But that happens with a lot of your poetry :)
ReplyDelete@Greg You cannot go wrong with a rhyming haiku with a punchline. Very nice ;)
Filagree mirror,
You steal my silver smile
And reflect me cold
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His mockingbird tongue
Flutes his honest falsities,
Tugs at feathered hearts
Mimmy - I'm so glad to see you back - the only thing better than a new face around here is seeing that same face come back for more :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a lovely winter-longing-for-spring haiku.
Archi - thanks :)
Your first is lovely and the second made me smile in return.