Haiku is going to become quite important over the next six weeks or so. I’ll be filling everybody this time on the 22nd on what happens to the form in October (THERE’S A PLAN) plus the schedule for National Poetry Day on the 28th. Don’t worry about the Micropoetry, that’s getting its own special treatment for October too. For now, here’s this week’s work, on a subject very close to my heart.
Fear :: Haiku Edition
These are dark times, friend:
We fight fear on every side,
Resist the panic.
Look inside yourself:
Understand what drives a mind
To create issues.
Some is external,
Yes, out of your remit: but
Scope exists for change.
Be prepared to fail:
Going backwards: part of life
To then move forwards.
Fear is your fuel, take
Every chance to consume, then
Beat demons with thought.
Fear :: Micropoetry Edition
I sit alone
My world, oppressed
Time to stand up;
Issues redress.
No longer right
This sanguine stance:
The moment’s come,
Truth to advance.
Consume my fear
Without remorse;
Let confidence
Now run its course.
The future can
Be mine to place
Redefining
This vital space.
Fearing nothing,
Grasping all:
A chance to rise
After the fall.
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