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The Chronicler's avatar

Once king of nations

Now committed to the sky

How the Gobi breathes!

Honeygloom's avatar

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

The Chronicler's avatar

Thank you! You give such wonderful prompts

erniet's avatar

Catacombs and tombs

And graves the smiling skull stares

This is all our fates....

Honeygloom's avatar

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

Jeff Kinnard's avatar

Consume! Lust! Indulge!

Vultures of humanity

Skeleton, who are you?

Honeygloom's avatar

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

Jeff Kinnard's avatar

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

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.

Jeff Kinnard's avatar

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

erniet's avatar

Skulls stacked neatly here

Absent ribs, and humeri

Where are the bodies?

Honeygloom's avatar

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

Andrei Atanasov's avatar

When you left, you took

The dog with you-completing

My excarnation.

Honeygloom's avatar

Ooof, that’s brutal. Very nicely done!

Andrei Atanasov's avatar

I’m particularly proud of it!

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.

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😂

Caro Henry's avatar

Flesh stripped bleached bones hang

Whistling in the wind-tossed tree

Spirit released, roars

Honeygloom's avatar

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

Honeygloom's avatar

Oh I love that! It’s beautiful.