Michael Edwards

REMEMBERED

 

REMEMBERED

 

 

Her porcelain skin glowed with not a blemish in

sight; not even a tattoo. Her long flowing hair

dusted her shoulders and gently bounced as

she laughed. Her darkest eyes danced in the light

and her joyful spirit shone through. She walked

with a grace bringing joy wherever she went

and she sprinkled our lives with stardust.

 

In despondancy

Declaration of death sought

A need to move on.

 

 

 

 

Haibun is a poetry form that combines a haiku with a prose poem. Haibun prose is usually descriptive. It uses sparse, poetic imagery to evoke a sensory impression in the reader. The section of prose is then followed by a haiku that serves to deepen the meaning of the prose, either by intensifying its themes or serving as a juxtaposition to the prose’s content.