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The Chronicler's avatar

Once king of nations

Now committed to the sky

How the Gobi breathes!

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Honeygloom's avatar

Love this! So beautiful and I love the eternal feeling of it.

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The Chronicler's avatar

Thank you! You give such wonderful prompts

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erniet's avatar

Catacombs and tombs

And graves the smiling skull stares

This is all our fates....

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Honeygloom's avatar

No one gets out alive. Always a humbling reminder. Very nice!

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Jeff Kinnard's avatar

Consume! Lust! Indulge!

Vultures of humanity

Skeleton, who are you?

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Honeygloom's avatar

K that’s deep. Excarnated by consumer culture, wow.

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Jeff Kinnard's avatar

Ah! I just found out skeleton is three, not two syllables. I have failed this haiku.

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Honeygloom's avatar

I have been doing some research into haiku the last few days, and in English messing with the syllables is accepted. I think I’m going to write a post to pin to the top of the poetry section just for some extra context.

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Jeff Kinnard's avatar

Oh sweet, so I only kind of messed up. Makes sense, everything is easier in English.

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erniet's avatar

Skulls stacked neatly here

Absent ribs, and humeri

Where are the bodies?

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Honeygloom's avatar

Creepy!! And makes you want to look over your shoulder.😬

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

When you left, you took

The dog with you-completing

My excarnation.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Ooof, that’s brutal. Very nicely done!

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Andrei Atanasov's avatar

I’m particularly proud of it!

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Leigh Parrish's avatar

One more skull will fit.

Add it to my collection.

Oops! Welp, nevermind.

I don't know why, but I always want to make these silly.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Comic relief is a critical part of horror. You are providing an important service and we thank you 🙏 also, this made me laugh in the break room and now everyone is staring at me😂

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Caro Henry's avatar

Flesh stripped bleached bones hang

Whistling in the wind-tossed tree

Spirit released, roars

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Honeygloom's avatar

Heck yeah, bringing angry spirits to the party! Love the imagery.

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A.C. Cargill, Author's avatar

Bones that were my core

Now rattle in winter wind

Life song's last note rings

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Honeygloom's avatar

Oh I love that! It’s beautiful.

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