Challenge
Haiku is a style of poem which originated in Japan that consists of 3 lines in 5-7-5 syllable format.
Challenge: write a haiku about anything. The top entries will be published along with the Japanese translation in an exclusive Prose: Haiku Edition for Kindle on Amazon.
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Towards Alexandria:
The Rail Road Haiku
I.
You, astride, above
I, slinking, silent, beneath.
A moment in love.
II.
Rain in the temple.
The hard luck of being foreign,
Running far away.
III.
Elaborate clouds
Shroud the sleeping city scape
From prying eyes.
IV.
“Tickets, please. Tickets.”
The conductor shouts at me.
Alas, I have none.
V.
Floods in the ravine--
Water of life come to me.
Wash these sins away.