WH #1:
He didn't write love letter
But it's okay
Prescriptions are betterWH #2:
Crooked cut, and
Curly, they will
Call her a weirdoWH #3:
Pink peonies
That bloom
Where the lips should beWH #4:
Stomach lurches bile
While the floor goes flying
At the beautiful mindWH #5:
"Eyes dark like space"
He tells me,
But where are the stars?WH #6:
Tell me,
The intention
Of the mirror?WH #7:
Purple and black welts
From being in love
With a ghostWH #8:
I will take
The soma willingly;
Rid me of thisWH #9:
Took Seclusion
For granted, and missing
Her hands on my mouthWH #10:
Eyes pitted,
Craters cradling
And 8 ball
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Western Haiku
PoetryInspired by Jack Kerouac's "Book of Haikus". Kerouac invented his own personal style of haiku in which he wrote three short, simple lines that had great impact. He strayed away from the traditional 5-7-5 pattern to suit his view of the American lang...