Silence (20 haiku - small poems)
silence ...
a child afraid to step
over the snow
*
gloomy alley –
crushing chestnut flowers
under my wheelchair
*
empty cell –
a white lace covers
the windowsill
*
winding road –
wherever I turn my eyes
wild crocuses
*
silent sunset –
a stairway of light
around the steeple
*
twilight –
dandelion seeds
on the snail's shell
*
one way ticket
for the morning train –
crickets echoes
*
frosty night –
the moon hides
in a willow's hollow
*
snowbound grave –
a rose hip branch
clings to the cross
*
cemetery fir –
a broken angel's wing
underneath
*
summer sunset –
once I used to pick
cornflowers
*
railway bridge –
mulberry scent
on the way home
*
attic window
leaning towards light
a small cactus
*
lost in the city –
golden wax cherries
in the bus station
*
nebula spectrum –
a young apricot tree
blooms over night
*
I wish the night
had never come –
ripe sunflower
*
New Year's Eve –
a passer-by between
two streamlines
*
calmness ...
waves roll over
the headless stones
*
peaceful day –
the left half of the moon
neighbouring the sun
*
lighthouse –
someone has to climb
the stairs
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Submitted on January 28, 2017
Modified on April 10, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X A B C X D C X X E F X D X X F X A X X X G X E X X X F X B X H I B F F I X X G X X X H X |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,036 |
Words | 207 |
Stanzas | 45 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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