Haikus & Short Form Poetry

The Birds [Haiku]

Seamus O'Shaughnessy, Jr.8 Comments

The evening birds chirp
haunted tree-borne echoings
foretelling the dusk.

Tired twilight lays
on jagged mountain pillows
its eyelids heavy.

A quieting cold
Settles into the dark earth.
Time seems to stand still.


Photo by Jr Korpa on Unsplash

Written in response to the Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Prompt Challenge to write a haiku including two words: Chirp and Twilight

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