Wounded Butterfly
far away from the madding crowd amidst the scarlet blooms, she lay cocooned in her shell her beauty still evident on her scarred membrane, beneath the superficial layers she has suppressed the fireball the throbbing berry, cracked yet pulsing making umpteenth attempts to protect it from being plundered stabbed and ravaged, —- it was almost […]
Stellar Lantern
Stars Fireball Sky Lantern Traveller’s Mate, Dreams This style is called the Lantern style in Japanese poetry. These poems usually don’t have a title, the first line is considered the title but I chose to give my verse a name💚 First line-one syllable Second line-two syllable Third line – three syllables Fourth line – four […]