Poetry Thursday: A Dark Memory & Revenge
I'm not just lazy this week, but also really busy. Haiku and a cinquain will have to suffice.
Dark Memory
Chewed insulation.
Electrocuted squirrel.
All the lights went out.
Revenge
Onion
forces mourning:
its flesh white as a ghost,
spirits sharp as the butcher knife
carve tears.
Labels: animals, poetry, Poetry Thursday
posted by sputnik @ 6/07/2007 12:35:00 PM
10 comments
10 Comments:
Wow- how evocative!
Both were awesome but I love the first line to Revenge...
Good job with the haiku! Poor squirrel. And I can't tolerate onions, but I appreciate your description of chopping them.
definitely got a good laugh at the first one... bravo
LOVE the Haiku! a terrible end for the squirrel... YIKES...
Thanks, all. Yes, it was a terrible end for the squirrel. It happened in the power room of a large university building, and we had to teach without lights. After half-a-day's blackout the news got around that the whole thing was caused by a mere squirrel. I still feel really bad for the poor physical-plant guy who was elected to clean up fried squirrel.
Please continue to fry squirrels. I am having a terrible time with them at my bird feeder.
I loved both!
I did feel bad for the squirrel though.
I love your dark humor. The haiku made me chuckle and grimace at the same time. And the onion--sounds like my kitchen. Both were nicely, concisely done.
Wow, the Onion Haiku was very evocative and visceral.
Poor squirrel, :0(
I love "carve tears"
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