July 1, 2009
Current theme: X is for Xanadu (Inspired from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan)
For ABC Wednesday
This stately kingdom
Full of fantastic wonders
Awe-inspiring
Walls circled around
With fields of incense and spices
A city golden
Rolling ancient hills
With bright sun-laden forests
Reaching to the sea
The river Alph flowed
Subterranean and cold
Sacred and alone
Yet a chasm splits
The hills in a jagged cut
To reach down below
The eerie wailing
That paints the chasm walls
A woman in sorrow
Loss of a lover
Cursed, gaze of a waning moon
Lost somewhere in time
And the cavern wrenched
The chasm split ever wide
The stones ejected
Dark ground tears the sky
Volcanic fountain of stone
The hidden river rose
Just a brief respite
Then again hidden from sight
But the signs were clear
Kubla, on his throne
Heard a ghostly voice of lore
A distant land: war
For ABC Wednesday
This stately kingdom
Full of fantastic wonders
Awe-inspiring
Walls circled around
With fields of incense and spices
A city golden
Rolling ancient hills
With bright sun-laden forests
Reaching to the sea
The river Alph flowed
Subterranean and cold
Sacred and alone
Yet a chasm splits
The hills in a jagged cut
To reach down below
The eerie wailing
That paints the chasm walls
A woman in sorrow
Loss of a lover
Cursed, gaze of a waning moon
Lost somewhere in time
And the cavern wrenched
The chasm split ever wide
The stones ejected
Dark ground tears the sky
Volcanic fountain of stone
The hidden river rose
Just a brief respite
Then again hidden from sight
But the signs were clear
Kubla, on his throne
Heard a ghostly voice of lore
A distant land: war
posted by Ink and Stone | 9:20 AM
5 Comments:
Such an intense and awe inspiring haiku! Bravo!
Do you know you have inspired me for Round 5! I think I will do a poetry themed one possibly with an illustration!
As always, a wonderful read. Thank you!
Yes...
very nice...
wow.
Sherry
Beautiful, strong haiku..thank you.
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