I wanted to title this something different, but worried that my chosen title might cause problems entering the United States in the future so this is the new title. It's the greatest title. No one has ever written a title better than this. (All titles unrelated to content).
Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. âWrite about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichokeâ I read, and flex my fingers. âWrite a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.â âWellâ, I think to myself, âthis should be fun.â But âwrite about a system that isnât workingâ? A system that isnât working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isnât working? The sexiest system that isnât working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady âall onâ setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesnât work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights whenâŚ. WhenâŚ. WhenâŚ.
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Dear Daaahlinks - So Thai Rice Noodles of you. Glad you're getting settled. MzUz j-bud
Such a lovely haiku, River and Cel <3
This was so moving and thought provoking C&R!!
What a beautiful haiku, and a beautiful picture to go along with it. Well done!
Lovely! đ
Autumnal pulse of hope, I especially loved that!
Memory suspendsâŚ.just beautiful
Checked box as new favourite haiku!