Origami Haiku

for Haiku Heights theme, Origami

A red flower folds
Bright pink petals in a curl
Nature's artifact

-Gerry@Strummed Words

Sea Haiku

Meal Beach, Burra Isles, Shetland by Robin Gosnall 

Sky in sea water
Sparkles over blue and green
Warms my summer heart


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A Clenched Fist: Magpie Tale

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photo by TheFoxAndTheRaven 

A song, a smile and she
opened her heart,
only to have it snatched by
a dark raven intent on a steal.

Why, oh why?
The hollow hurts where once
there was harmony
with a clenched fist.


-Gerry@Strummed Words

Magpie Tales: All My Secrets

Venus de Milo with Drawers, 1936, Salvador Dali

All My Secrets

My mind, my heart,

my gut responses, my breath,

even my angled knee.

All you want to know

is here, half hidden,

though I had hoped to shelter

inner parts of myself covered

in marble, white and cold.

But you can find my essence

with a pull on soft handles

that reveal all in parts.

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Magpie Tales: This Old House

Wind of History by Jacek Yerka

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This old man, he played one,
He played knick-knack on my thumb;
With a knick-knack paddywhack,
Give the dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.
(origins of the song are unknown, from Wikipedia)

This Old House

This old house, it felt old

Dark and lonely and too cold,

Like a wind tossed ship on a dreary sea

It is no home or refuge for me.

- Gerry@Strummed Words