Today’s host at http://www.ethicalela.com is Denise Hill, who inspires us to write American Sentence poems – Haikus not on three lines, containing 17 syllables. I’ve been thinking lately about how nice it has been not having neighbors for so long, but I think of the coming days as others edge close. My introverted heart aches, inspiring my seventeen syllables today.
seek solace and silence of sanctuary before all is shattered ~
I take long last looks before change sweeps away this haven I have loved
lament the languishing privacy, pure pleasure of quiet shelter
Common Threads 