22 Feb 2011

Magpie Tales # 54


Relentless power
of water engulfs humans.
Floods pay them no heed.

Their lungs cannot breathe
oxygenated bubbles
formed by the maelstrom.

Instead, these droplets
create thunder in our ears,
as their sounds combine.

Souls of water sprites
are drawn into the torrent
but remain silent.


Once I saw Willow's picture turned into the negative, it inspired  me to write this set of multiple haiku. For more pieces of the jigsaw. visit others at Magpie Tales.
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18 comments:

  1. Words A Day22 February 2011 at 21:02

    Souls of water sprites/are drawn into the torrent/but remain silent...thats perfect! And I love what you did with the image.

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  2. Pat - Arkansas22 February 2011 at 21:06

    You have both the eye and skill of a poet, Jinksy. Nicely done!

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  3. imac22 February 2011 at 21:08

    What a wonder you have created my friend.

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  4. Louise22 February 2011 at 21:33

    Fabulous poem, and I love the final stanza. Plus you are just getting too good at these images!

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  5. Helen22 February 2011 at 23:22

    Oh my! Four haiku stanzas ~ be still my heart. The negative image is very, very clever.

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  6. Maggie23 February 2011 at 00:06

    "Floods pay them no heed."

    You are the haiku queen.

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  7. Rek Sesh23 February 2011 at 04:18

    Really meaningful, beautiful pieces...

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  8. spacedlaw23 February 2011 at 15:45

    Very nice set!

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  9. Unknown23 February 2011 at 21:43

    I am not a fan of haiku but you make it so readable. It doesn't stand out and scream "I am a haiku!" it just flows along, much like it's subject.

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  10. Tumblewords:23 February 2011 at 21:57

    Surely the negative of this image worked in a positive fashion - nice piece!

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  11. Strummed Words23 February 2011 at 23:00

    Made me think of the tsunami of a few years ago in South Asia. Wonderful use of the prompt, and the color matches the poem perfectly.

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  12. Kristen Haskell24 February 2011 at 01:58

    For some reason this made me think of my mother. I am tearful but that is okay its only been two months. Your poem is beautiful.

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  13. Stafford Ray24 February 2011 at 01:59

    Yes, it doesn't take much more imagination to see the drowned bodies!

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  14. gautami tripathy24 February 2011 at 17:15

    Wonderful haiku...

    scattered with the wind

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  15. Tess Kincaid24 February 2011 at 18:47

    Your image does look very much like water. Well done, Jinksy.

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  16. Kavita26 February 2011 at 01:04

    That was a remarkably well written haiku set, Jinksy... And I really love how you "bluezed" the magpie image to suit the flowing words here... really creative!! And beautiful!

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  17. Ann Grenier1 March 2011 at 16:18

    I love what you've done with the Magpie puzzle-Great!

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  18. The Blog of Bee4 March 2011 at 17:16

    You've done wonders with the image and yes, I thought tsunami as well.

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