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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Senescence

Mahogany hands
Grip a mahogany cane
Old bones like dry wood


18 comments:

Brian Miller said...

love mahogany as a descriptive color...can def see it and smell it...and the brittle bones...i see him now...

Scarlet said...

I like mahogany hands ~

I am also in this challenge under my real name ~

Intelliblog said...

Beautiful!

Susie Clevenger said...

This so fit the picture...old bones like try wood...love that line

Chèvrefeuille said...

Wonderful haiku. In good balance with the photo. Thank you.

becca givens said...

Old bones like dry wood

what an image you have created!! nice ~~

Andy Sewina said...

Yeah, well described!

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

Some say that eyes are the windows to the soul, but I think that hands, especially old ones, reveal much about the soul as well.


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Anonymous said...

I saw lumber limbs as well--wonderfully written :)

Amber said...

Deeep! And such an apt description. Like it! :)

Karen said...

Your words paint the image perfectly.

JustRex said...

Just gotta love haiku.

A world of meaning in a few words.

Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson Barry said...

live imagery, well done.

BB said...

Living in the south I have seen hands exactly as you've described. I've wondered what those hands have been through. Beautifully written!

Someone is Special said...

'Mahogany hands' & 'Old bones like dry wood' - Loved it so much.. :-) Thoughtful Haiku from your pen..

Someone is Special

Paulog30 said...

Haha, love the comparison, excellent!

Anonymous said...

Those ancient hands...mahogany was the perfect word!

Brent Wescott said...

I love me a good haiku. You make it look easy.