Amputated Moon

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May 18

Omens

Category: Tanka and Haiku

 

 

red tide and blood moon

fires burn the forests bare

the world is bleeding

                           

Pamela Olson, 5/18/08

 

This haiku was written for the

prompt “bleeding” at

One Single Impression

24 Comments so far

  1. WillThink4Wine May 18th, 2008 7:03 am

    Given the current state of wildfire in my area, this piece makes me all the sadder, for the forests as well as its inhabitants.

  2. Crafty Green Poet May 18th, 2008 9:04 am

    very sad comment on what is happening all too often

  3. Raven May 18th, 2008 11:29 am

    Beautiful. Sad, ugly truth, but beautiful poetry.

  4. SandyCarlson May 18th, 2008 12:44 pm

    This makes me think of the moon as a reflection of what is happening here. When I think of the moon as a symbol of womanhood and mothering, I think of how deeply hurt this world is. Thanks for this poem, Pam.

  5. qualcosa di bello May 18th, 2008 4:50 pm

    sadness written with such beauty…

  6. Andree May 18th, 2008 5:17 pm

    What a wonderful haiku expressing our problems. Your photo is complements it perfectly.

  7. Lisa at Greenbow May 18th, 2008 7:24 pm

    This is so sad but true.

  8. Judy Brutz May 18th, 2008 11:49 pm

    Your haiku and photo well express our state of being with the earth.

  9. missmays May 19th, 2008 3:18 am

    Assigning the world human capabilities helps open our eyes to the suffering we cause mother earth. Thank you for this poignant and thought provoking poem

  10. Quietpaths May 19th, 2008 9:56 am

    Very powerful. On a literal level this speaks to me because of last summer’s fires which were burning all around us.

  11. Vixen May 19th, 2008 10:44 am

    Hauntingly beautiful, Pam. Thank you for sharing.

  12. gautami tripathy May 19th, 2008 11:34 am

    Blood moon..I like that!

    ravages of time

  13. One More Believer May 19th, 2008 2:02 pm

    out of control fires are frightening… beautiful portrayed in words and photo

  14. Sandy May 19th, 2008 3:28 pm

    I love that first line. Right now, I am reading a book about a wildfire in New Mexico, so have been thinking on this subject a lot.

  15. zoya gautam May 19th, 2008 4:27 pm

    it’s simply beautiful..

  16. texasblu May 19th, 2008 4:33 pm

    “the world is bleeding”… so true… I agree with Vixen - hauntingly beautiful is perfectly describing how this makes me feel.

  17. Pam May 19th, 2008 4:48 pm

    When I was living in Oregon we had a huge wildfire in our “backyard”. Over 500,000 acres burned, most in a wilderness area. Fire started in the first week of July and didn’t go out until the November rains came. This experience definitely influenced this poem.

  18. maryt/theteach May 19th, 2008 4:57 pm

    Truly talented poetry! A wonderful response to the prompt! Thank you!

  19. patois May 20th, 2008 7:32 am

    I hear of the fires scorching everything in their paths, and I fear a similar outbreak here. Your poem is perfect. Very powerful. Very evocative.

  20. rick May 21st, 2008 9:16 am

    what qualcosa said… sadness written with such beauty…

  21. Noah May 21st, 2008 1:10 pm

    Ooh, powerful!

  22. Geraldine May 24th, 2008 1:07 pm

    Beautiful and evocative. Well done Pamela!

  23. cynthia May 24th, 2008 3:22 pm

    Sad but true the world is bleeding.

  24. lissa May 27th, 2008 11:14 am

    powerful haiku. great image.

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