nuclear spring
the ancient lighthouse points
to the shattered moon
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Patricia Kelly
Patricia has a weblog that contains ruminations and ramblings from retirement including original poetry, scifaiku, and haiku; ideas for working with dreams (e.g. The Tarot) and writing dream-based poems; and actual dream explorations. She can be reached at roswila at gmail dot com.
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Nice ! There is this problem that such hypothetical situations are sometimes difficult to picture and digest in a haiku. This haiku however captures the destructive capability of nuclear arms very well.
Alan brings up an interesting point. I
forget the latest measurements, but the
fact is the moon is leaving the earth’s
grasp. So, hold your breath. No, longer.
I’ve really appreciated these responses. It was quite a delight to have a scifaiku (any scifaiku, but doubly so since it’s mine :-D) accepted for tinywords.
I certainly hope this scifaiku’s vision does not come to pass. But, even so, there’s hope as the lighthouse is still standing.
red bug spring
jay buries peanut
in grey spanish moss
–
strange, patricia, my thoughts revert to a time when life was simpler, supposedly; and knowledge gain from playing with chigger infested spanish moss lingers.
–
h g(wells) :-)
(they) say, hypothetically, less than 2 inches per year, with the moon orbital(not even cylindrical) radius more than a quarter of a million miles
Nice ! There is this problem that such hypothetical situations are sometimes difficult to picture and digest in a haiku. This haiku however captures the destructive capability of nuclear arms very well.
devastating beauty…
impressive…
appreciated…
Timely poem, Patricia.
or conversely:
nuclear spring
the shattered lighthouse still points
to the ancient moon.
Good science fiction haiku that points to something that could still be all too near science fact. I’ll look forward to seeing more in this fashion.
lighthouse mocks
extinct humanity__
ancient moon rises
Alan brings up an interesting point. I
forget the latest measurements, but the
fact is the moon is leaving the earth’s
grasp. So, hold your breath. No, longer.
Enjoyed the haiku. Fact or fiction…
I’ve really appreciated these responses. It was quite a delight to have a scifaiku (any scifaiku, but doubly so since it’s mine :-D) accepted for tinywords.
I certainly hope this scifaiku’s vision does not come to pass. But, even so, there’s hope as the lighthouse is still standing.
Brace yourselves …
lighthouses shatter
moon disappearing —
apocalypse
red bug spring
jay buries peanut
in grey spanish moss
–
strange, patricia, my thoughts revert to a time when life was simpler, supposedly; and knowledge gain from playing with chigger infested spanish moss lingers.
–
h g(wells) :-)
(they) say, hypothetically, less than 2 inches per year, with the moon orbital(not even cylindrical) radius more than a quarter of a million miles
Hi Patricia,
this is a frightening glimpse…
and it brings a sigh…
:(
Lary
could you write some scifaiku about polar cities in the future? send them to me. please. see my blog above
or google “polar cities”
saw your poem on Dot Earth, NICE!
danny
by the way, may i call you a scifientist?