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Silence – A Senryu Haiku

silence the voices
of misanthropic whiners
never satisfied

~kat

A Senryu (Haiku) for Haiku Horizons weekly challenge, prompt word, ‘silence’.


tyranny

tyranny

it’s a masquerade
their vile deluge of pretense,
their temerity
is but a drizzling ruse
a tempest, shrouded in guile

raining down on us,
deliquescent victims, we
are dying of thirst

~kat

A Tanka/Senryu for Colleen Chesebro’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge, prompt words (using synonyms only): ‘Cover’ (pretense, masquerade, shroud) and ‘Precipitation’ (drizzle, deluge, deliquescence, temerity, tempest).

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Full Moon on Elm Street

“That’s not just a street lamp you know.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, I read in ‘The Daily’ that the government is now installing surveillance cameras.”

“Oh yeah? Hmmm. Maybe we should give ‘em something to look at!”

“Um…uh…what are you DOING?!”

“What I said…” he guffawed as he dropped his jeans, flashing his rear toward the street lamp.”

In a sterile office downtown…

“Got another full moon at the corner of Elm and Main.”

“Do we need to send a squad car?”

“Naw, this dude’s harmless. This makes 10 moonings on Elm this week!”

“Homeland security at work!”

~kat

99 words for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Friday Fictioneers Challenge based on this photo by © Sandra Crook.


Dusking – A Haiku

fading puissance
the day surrenders, dusking
bursting solar flush

~kat

…And another serendipitous duo of prompt words complemented by this evening’s spectacular sunset. For Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, prompt words, flare (burst, flush) and steam (puissance).


Fire in the Sky

eventide vespers
cloaked in wispy crimson streams
waves of frigid fire

~kat

For Haiku Horizons Challenge, prompt word, fire. Tonight the brilliant sky cooperated with my muse. She knew I planned to tackle this Haiku prompt word. How serendipitous!