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Courtyard (20 words challenge)
1
The window by my room
looks at a courtyard,
fourteen feet down to the ground.
A cave of predators, nightly.
2
Stop outside the cave.
Look down, between the cars.
No markers of the grave.
Fears are based on scars.
3
by morning it’s
not sinister
just pale in
the grim
glaucoma light
the right angle
between houses
used for garages
The window by my room
looks at a courtyard,
fourteen feet down to the ground.
A cave of predators, nightly.
2
Stop outside the cave.
Look down, between the cars.
No markers of the grave.
Fears are based on scars.
3
by morning it’s
not sinister
just pale in
the grim
glaucoma light
the right angle
between houses
used for garages
Published 15th Jan 2021
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15th Jan 2021 4:04pm
glaucoma light
Just wow.
These are almost haiku like with their kireji ( known typically as the cutting work in haiku ). The final lines of the first two stanzas read perfectly as such.
Just wow.
These are almost haiku like with their kireji ( known typically as the cutting work in haiku ). The final lines of the first two stanzas read perfectly as such.
15th Jan 2021 7:03pm
Thank you, Aha. I wasn't sure about this one. It seemed empty and silly to me. Glad to be shown otherwise.
