retirement party
sharing fruit punch
spiked with lies
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Kathryn J. Stevens
Kathryn J. Stevens worked in marketing communications with IBM and before that with one of the divisions of The State University of New York at Albany. Her poems have been published in Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Ribbons, Haibun Today, Contemporary Haibun Online,The Heron?s Nest and KYSO Flash. She currently lives with her husband and elderly cat in Cary, North Carolina.
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Kathryn, such a POWERFUL, relatable haiku. SO well done!
I’m beside myself I love this haiku so much. Love the conventional first two lines, the tension between the last two lines'”sharing”/”spiked,” how the monosyllabic last five words crush the lavish first three words, the way “punch” has a non-“party” meaning, the assonance of “spiked” and “lies.”
Kathryn, such a POWERFUL, relatable haiku. SO well done!
I’m beside myself I love this haiku so much. Love the conventional first two lines, the tension between the last two lines'”sharing”/”spiked,” how the monosyllabic last five words crush the lavish first three words, the way “punch” has a non-“party” meaning, the assonance of “spiked” and “lies.”
Ouch!
Often true, unfortunately
I’m going to a colleague’s retirement party next week. I may have to share this!
Brilliant poem.
Any drink that’s spiked is not good news, but one “spiked with lies” packs a stronger punch!
Well done, Kathryn.
marion