layers of petals
a bee
hides inside
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Photo: Roses Up Close, c.b.w. 2015
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
Month: August 2017
Open
Standardopen doors
welcome prayers
the garden blooms
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Photo: Great Mosque, Xi’an, China, c.b.w. 2005
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
Pieces
Standardfaded roses
touched by rain
fall to pieces
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Photo: International Rose Test Garden, Portland Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
Empty
Standardnoon bells ring
empty benches
answer with silence
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Photo: St. Alban’s Cathedral, England, c.b.w. 2011
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
Salt
Standardgrains of salt
touch the lightest laugh
darkness stirs
where sparks once flew
broken pieces glint
in a tired sun
lost moments
beg to breathe again
where a subtle glow
looks to start again
fighting the shadows
longing to feel
the way it did before
time has played
an unpredictable game
there is no going back
just forward
past the grains of salt
where tired light
gleams so bright
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Words: free verse, c.b.w. 2017
(Timed writing: 10 minutes, no edits)
C.B. Wentworth 