Showing posts with label haiku. Show all posts
Showing posts with label haiku. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Haiku And The Horse You Rode In On

Sculpture at Redbud Gallery, Houston, Texas


Haiku And The Horse You Rode In On

Animals kept in a zoo

Books locked in a library

Me with you

by Annie for a friend in pain


I wrote this eons ago for a friend who was going through a divorce. It was written from her perspective. She kept a copy of it above her desk at work and read it aloud when she had to muster courage to face the next fifteen minutes of life. She subsequently remarried, has a happy family and cannot even remember what's his face.

Yes, yes, I know. My haiku doesn't follow the 5/7/5 haiku rule but few written in English do. It breaks a lot of other rules too. However, my friend said that these words helped her through a tough time.