silent moon
wolves scale the night
a story unfolds
a story unfolds
vast anonymous stretches
blooming white
blooming white
land of magical wolves
skirted majesty
skirted majesty
royal throne guarded by prince
palace of mist
palace of mist
valley curved in horizon
moon bathes in lake
moon bathes in lake
a wolf drinks water
through plastic straw
through plastic straw
teeth too sharp
tattered edge
tattered edge
wolf joins the pack
shepherd chimes
shepherd chimes
scattered herd rushes home
time to sleep
time to sleep
she looks at the mirror
he looks at her
he looks at her
love raw and delicate
musical escapade
musical escapade
wolves sing the dawn
silent moon
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I like how you ended with the same starting line!
ReplyDeleteThanks Robyn :-)
DeleteI can just see that wolf drinking through a plastic straw...!
ReplyDeleteThank You Stan :-)
Deletewell penned cascading haiku ~
ReplyDeleteCarol of: A Creative Harbor
Thanks Carol :-)
DeleteWell this was quite a story of musical escapade ~ Nice weaving of words ~
ReplyDeleteThank You Grace :-)
Deleteanother wonderful set..i love the image of moon bathing in the lake...
ReplyDeleteThank You kz :-)
DeleteWow....such a btfl way with words...haiku king :)
ReplyDeleteHaiku King??? Wow ... thanks :D
DeleteThanks Wrey :-)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful. I was mesmerized by the moon last night...wow.
ReplyDeleteMoon is always mesmerizing :-)
DeleteI feel as if you have lifted the main character out of the book "Wolf Moon",,, wonderful tension throughout this cascading haiku,,,the images seem very real,,,,loved it,,,
ReplyDeleteThanks Ellecee :-)
DeleteAwesome series on Wolf Moon ... a mysterious adventure caught in haiku. Really wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank You Kristjaan :-)
Deletereally cool verse chain...as the moon it makes me pine...really like the end...and how they bring out the animal in each other...smiles.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian :-)
Deleteunfolds a whole story!
ReplyDeleteThank You Momina :-)
DeleteLove your mysterious cascades. Clever weave of two prompts in one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tigerbrite :-)
DeleteI just amazes me the way you play around with words. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThank You Meenakshi :-)
DeleteLovely haiku story, and the use of the swirl words was a nice touch.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bjorn :-)
DeleteWolves my natural enemy, so are coyotes as the hunt for my life every winter. They mate and have babies, when I have calves on the ground. If I don't offer them a dead calf, they take down a live one ... survival of the fittest ...
ReplyDeleteYeah ... perhaps that's the cruel rule of existence !!!
DeleteI love this form of haiku but haven't tried it yet. Wolves are endearing as they are pack animals like us!
ReplyDeleteThanks Oldegg ... do give it a try :-)
DeleteNice... I really like the echo-like style here.
ReplyDeleteThank You Laurie :-)
DeleteWell done Green, lovely haiku-like poem. I love wolves. Got very close to having wolves, had malamutes. Nice job with the Sunday whirl words.
ReplyDeleteThanks Veronica ... I have never encountered a real wolf :-)
DeleteNicely done - carries the reader along beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThank You J :-)
DeleteWow! beautiful images in mind...Lovely series of haiku :)
ReplyDeleteSuperb cascade, Green Speck.
ReplyDeleteThanks Celestine :-)
Deleteits fascinating how you play with words!
ReplyDeleteThank You Shikha :-)
DeleteFantastic flow of words ..:)
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ReplyDeleteThis is hauntingly beautiful :-)
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Deletewonderfully woven words, magical cascade :)
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DeleteWhoa! This is amazing! :D
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DeleteThis one is just too good to be true!
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