The Sunday Muse 162 — White Mums

Puzzled crow envies the puddled stillness of the moon tonight. Even clouds flee the stale smell of worm castings after the storm. Your screams were silenced in thunder; white mums will grace your tombstone.   Today’s offering is in the form of a Sijo, a three-line poem that is believed to have first appeared in…

d’Verse — OLN — hollow dings (sijo)

a woman in labor before gathered      two support clumps — one hovering, warm, within her reach;      one outside, passing the whisky she has one ninja love grain;      our text message dings ring hollow Image info:  A nurse holds a newborn baby wearing a face shield in an effort to halt the spread…