http://margoroby.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/ghosts-of-the-past-on-tuesday-tryouts/
Blended short forms, series of:
tau ku, pi ku, haiku, pi ku, tau ku
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apparitions begging
to be
whole, held remembered - are silent
overlay
they
now speak volumes
were there, our fathers,
uncles and brothers - they fought
still fight for freedom
overcast
they
return to us
apparitions hosting
their own
ghosts while internally at war
JP/davh
Nice, Jules. So many concepts and ideas to like in this.
ReplyDeletecould play with the forms -- And great message of overlays speaking volumes -- Margo's prompt was fun.
ReplyDeleteThe first stanza is wonderful, Jules.
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Great stuff Jules. I really feel you are moving into increasing levels of what we in Oz call 'guts.'
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