dimpleverse prompt: BRIEF ENCOUNTER LOVE IN EXCESS ELUSIVE SCENT SPRING

the rites of spring
the wrongs of love
in excess
fill the air
the elusive scent
of fecund hope
washed away
by April showers
of lovers' tears
at the end of
brief encounters

Valentine's Day

some loves are big
and some are quite small
some last forever
and some hardly at all
but massive or tiny
eternal or not
today is the day
to enjoy what ya got

Horror Haikuesday

Not a poem but a post with a link to some poems, mine and others.

So, about a year or more ago, I found a happy little hashtag on twitter... #horrorhaikuesday

I found the haiku there delightful and the grand dame, ringleader, hostess with the mostest of the hashtag charming. Using the haiku as an inspiration for her art, Jeanette Andromeda of horrormade.com had created a community of poets, artists and horror aficionados. I soon joined in (which is highly amusing to me; I am not a horror fan in general. I'm a big ole scaredy cat with an overactive imagination who likes sleeping sans nightmares.)

I'm so glad I did as I have loved seeing the work she has created using others words and, on occasion, my own.

This week was a special treat as Jeanette drew inspiration from one of my previous poems for her artwork, and this week's writers are using her artwork as a prompt to create more haiku. It's like a giving tree of creativity.

I feel so honored to have been included and am proud to share with you lovely people who peruse this page on occasion.

Sirens