Feb
16
Written for The Haiku Challenge 2012
Day 16 – February 16th – Theme or Word: Sin Form: Haibun
A HAIBUN is a literary composition that combines prose and haiku.
PS: Prose + Haiku less than or equal to 150 Words.
Day 16 – February 16th – Theme or Word: Sin Form: Haibun
A HAIBUN is a literary composition that combines prose and haiku.
PS: Prose + Haiku less than or equal to 150 Words.
In a garden free of all cares and worries, Adam and Eve wandered without purpose. Their overseer provided for all of their physical needs with only one restriction – do not eat of the fruit of this tree.
sly serpent temptress
offering self-awareness
apple of knowledge
In a land of eternal spring, Kore was courted by Hades. The dark lord persuaded the maiden to eat four pomegranate seeds before returning to the light, fating her to return four months of the year as his bride, Persephone.
underworld queen born
through the wisdom found within
pomegranate seeds
In a world of chaos, you can not stop growth. No matter how much we long to protect our children, their rites of passage into adulthood must come. It is a time to be honored, not prevented, not ignored, not a sin.
Mar
11
From Cloaked Monk’s March Challenge:
March 11th is “Johnny Appleseed Day.” John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, was responsible for introducing apple trees to many regions of the western frontier. Reflect on fruit.
apple cut crosswise
reveals pentacle within
gift of the goddess
