Haunted
‘tis not the specter,
dead and gone, that haunts my soul,
troubling my heart…
‘tis a living love, now lost,
our past drenched in cool regret
obsessed, I’m ruined
by each moment’s ecstasy
I cannot forget
~kat
A Tanka/Senryu combination for Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Poetry Tuesday Challenge, prompt words Ghost (Specter) and Haunt.
like mercury colliding... 
October 10th, 2017 at 12:49 pm
This is infused with such melancholy and regret. Haunted indeed.
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October 10th, 2017 at 6:23 pm
Thank you Jan. I wanted to bypass the obvious and speak to another way we are haunted…💔
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October 10th, 2017 at 1:08 pm
Oh! Kat this is so beautiful 💜
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October 10th, 2017 at 6:15 pm
Thank you Willow! ❤️ I’m glad you liked it. 😊
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October 10th, 2017 at 6:16 pm
I really did it was beautiful 💜
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October 10th, 2017 at 6:23 pm
Brava.. 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
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October 10th, 2017 at 6:36 pm
Thank you Dorna. 🍁🍂🍁🍂🍁🍂
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October 11th, 2017 at 12:52 am
Absolutely beautiful, yet the memories haunt. I loved it Kat 🙂
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October 11th, 2017 at 6:17 am
Thank you Radhika. ❤️
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October 11th, 2017 at 11:55 am
I love this combination! Powerful words and meaning. Well done. ❤
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October 11th, 2017 at 12:28 pm
Thank you Colleen. I do too. I thought they would work well, since both should be written in first person. I may do a few more of these. Though I do love a haibun every now and again. 🙂
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October 11th, 2017 at 12:39 pm
Great idea! I really do like the presentation of the two together. ❤
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October 11th, 2017 at 9:52 pm
So lovely with a bit of sadness
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October 12th, 2017 at 10:09 am
lost love is always so sad…:(
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October 12th, 2017 at 10:28 am
yes for sure
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October 17th, 2017 at 2:04 am
[…] Haunted | like mercury colliding… […]
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