NAUGHTY
Is an embrace with
a leather glove the same as
a bare hand caress?
MURDER
Baby lambskin glove
hides the hand that commits a
perfect bloody crime.
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fascinating perspectives. wow!
ReplyDeletethese are great!
ReplyDeletedeep thoughts tenderly engulfing the hand... sleek dark leather, the murderer holding its inner secret.
ReplyDeleteIt never ceases to amaze me how you come up with so many inventive and creative ways to address the magpie/prompt. The second poem was a beauty both for content and brevity.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas (belatedly, I know) and Happy New Year to you and your family.
Greetings from London.
It's really a twist. A beautiful leather piece was only made possible through blood. Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteHi Everyday Goddess-
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your kind comments!
Hi kathew-
ReplyDeleteReally appreciate hearing from you..Thanks!!
Hi Reflections-
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to hear your take..I realize there can be several ways to see this..thanks!
Greetings to a Cuban-
ReplyDeleteThank you..you know how it is with poetry..it just creeps up on us!!
Best wishes to you and yours!!
Hi kaykuala-
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see this through your eyes..I don't always know what I mean!! Thank you...
I love the contrast between the two pieces. Well done!
ReplyDeleteSolid, compelling writing...
ReplyDeleteOoo..."Murder" is especially nice. Happy 2011 to you and yours, as well, Lyn! xx
ReplyDeletePoetry in the form of a question is interesting. Pablo Neruda worked on it at the end of his life, in Book of Questions. It doesn't force an answer in the reader but rather an image.
ReplyDeleteI like how you've focused on what's absent in the picture - the hand - in both poems. Invariable our minds will go that way, won't it?
Together your pieces create an interesting contrast between caress and violence. All the acts of the human hand.
These short poems speak a great deal.
Happy New Year, Lyn!
Hi Berowne-
ReplyDeleteReally like the simplicity of your comments..thanks and Happy New Year!!
Hi Tess-
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm on the side of the macabre..surprise! Thanks for untold opportunities, and the best to you and yours!!
Hi Daigu-
ReplyDeleteI do use questions, even in prose..I really imagine that I'm starting a dialog and expect some sort of answer..
I did want to juggle the same words..haiku for my brain!!
Thanks, and the best New Year to you...
Hi Sioux-
ReplyDeleteWelcome, and so glad that you enjoyed this!
Two haikus, both different and equally delightful.
ReplyDeleteHi Helen-
ReplyDeleteI had to stop myself from going on to more! Thank you..and Happy New Year!!
Deadly!
ReplyDeleteHappy New year to you!
Hi Words a Day-
ReplyDeleteI like that!! Thank you..and a Happy New Year to you...
Two different Haiku that ask two different questions but they could have the same answer.
ReplyDeleteHi Windsmoke-
ReplyDeleteI love your response..I'm looking at it that way now..
They both sent shivers up my spine but for different reasons!
ReplyDeleteLynn,
ReplyDeleteEither, bare handed if you please.
rel
Your haiku are wonderful, I especially like the first one.
ReplyDeleteSo much can be hidden or hide behind a glove.
Very creative and thought provoking.. well done!!!
ReplyDeleteHi madamebutterfly-
ReplyDeleteHighest praise..I strive to send shivers...thank you!!
Hi rel-
ReplyDeleteI have cold hands..gloves...well, thanks, I guess..haha...
Hi Marilyn-
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your comment..and I do agree about the hidden part..
Hi Lynne-
ReplyDeleteThanks..something about gloves..so many images come into view...
Food for thought. Nice Magpie.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue J-
ReplyDeleteWelcome..thanks for your kind comment, and Happy New Year!!
Ideas beautifully encapsulated.
ReplyDeleteHave a great New Year.
Hi Doctor FTSE-
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting..appreciate what you said! Happy New Year..
powerful,
ReplyDeletethe 2nd one is haunting...
well done.
Hi Jingle-
ReplyDeleteThank you..I find that the short poems sort of condense all the energy..really like that..
I love these Lyn....both take a completely different perspective of the gloves...brilliant! :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Carrie-
ReplyDeleteI always appreciate what you have to say..thanks so much!