Haiku in the Workplace (Theme:The Boss's Spouse)

     I was delighted to appear once again with some poet friends in Haiku in the Workplace, edited by Jim Kacian. This week's theme—The Boss's Spouse.

   

Butterfly Dream: Death Anniversary Haiku

     Another post in NeverEnding Story. This time Chen-ou Liu selected one of my haiku from The Bluebird's Cry. His translation in Chinese may be read here.


tracing the cracks
on his leather chair . . .
death anniversary


Chen-ou's comment:

The unexpected yet emotionally power closing line lifts the poem out of the ordinary, and on a second reading, the opening image of "cracks on his leather chair" successfully carries emotional weight and symbolic significance.

Heat

   August 23 NaHaiWriMo prompt is "heat", provided by Pris Campbell.

embers
blowing in the wind . . .
careless whispers

 


    Comments on my haiku may be found here. Click this for more information on the 31 Different NaHaiWriMo Prompters in August 2012.