Archive for February 21st, 2018

I cheated on this. The idea had too many variables, so I turned it into a pair of cinquains.

 

Twilight
dark, moonless
night, two amber
eyes caper down the street
alone.

Headlights
flash and now
I see the woman all
in black holding tightly to
a leash.

 

*For a definition of what constitutes haiku, tanka, and cinquains, and for an explanation of this poetry project, go here.

*To see all the poems in one place go here.

Random quote of the day:

“The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.”

—Mignon McLaughlin, The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.