Poetry | Haiku
Dry Season
Two seasons: both hot — One dry, one rain-soaked. Stock up! Hurricanes coming.
Eyeball-munching, glass- Pooping beetles! Dry eye and Imagination. :(
Acned teens daydream Of a day old women dread — For skin, smooth and dry.
Parched and potted soil — Dried, shriveled roots — leaves yellowed. Pale. Lifeless. Compost.
Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust. Hopes all dry up… Till new life springs forth.
I was tagged by Geetika Sethi in
And now, it’s your turn — should you accept it — to write a Haiku or a 100-word story with the word “humid” as your prompt.
Obinna Uruakpa, Vinitha Dileep, Riku Arikiri, James G Brennan, Susan Baker TX, Susannah MacKinnie, Arjan Tupan (still working on inventing a new form for you, Arjan!), Bren Anne-Writer (who can probably relate to that second Haiku, up there!), Amy Marley, Ann K Frailey, Allison Gaines, Saurabh…and you — yes, you! I didn’t tag you, because I know you’re shy. But tag ME when you write yours, so that I can read it.
Holly Jahangiri is the author of Trockle; A Puppy, Not a Guppy; and A New Leaf for Lyle. She draws inspiration from her family, from her own childhood adventures (some of which only happened in her overactive imagination), and from readers both young and young at heart. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, J.J., whose love and encouragement make writing books twice the fun.
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