December 20, 2017 · 1:17 AM
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once white~ haiku

freshly fallen snow

turns grey under careless feet-

as a broken heart

 

~Melanie Thomason

12/20/17

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13 responses to “once white~ haiku”

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  2. Cara Hartley
    December 20, 2017 at 5:42 AM

    At once beautiful and melancholy.

    Reply
  3. Aak fictionspawn
    December 20, 2017 at 9:25 AM

    So pure and clean in one moment, then dirty and corrupted in the next. We’re all just snow in the end 😀 Good one.

    Reply
  4. hitandrun1964
    December 20, 2017 at 3:14 PM

    Three lines and yet…it speaks volumes.

    Reply
  5. Tournesol
    December 20, 2017 at 6:51 PM

    Well done for this prompt!! love it!

    Reply
  6. Chèvrefeuille
    December 22, 2017 at 3:38 PM

    For a first time ? This is an awesome haiku. Simple and beautiful as is the way of haiku.

    Reply

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