Gershon Wolf Poet Haibun

Alien Greeting

as I contemplate the creature from afar, beads of sweat from my forehead hissing as they strike the parched august soil below, the object of my gaze lazily lifts a hand upward, tilting it slightly in the air before resting it gracefully on the ledge before him, when, eyeing me, the alien fairly flows in my direction, his hand no longer opaque but shockingly transparent, mesmerizing me as it passes through the plane of my own hand unscathed. 

  
  sere hand … fingers mine ...

     earth bakes ... skeletal wind whips ...

        eerie … nothing there


            June 11, 2018

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Sara Kendrick July 17, 2018 at 1:33 PM Creative winning work. Congrats. Sara Gershon Wolf July 17, 2018 at 1:59 PM Why, thank you, Sara!! ---Truth be told, the idea is nothing new. You can read about it in Ray Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles," on, oh, somewhere around page 91 or so of the paperback edition, if memory serves me correctly. All I did was 'poeticize' and interpret it a bit... Eerie stuff then … Eerie stuff now. Blessings, gw

Susan Gentry July 7, 2018 at 9:27 AM Hmmm... Congratulations on your win. You had my attention! Well done! Gershon Wolf July 7, 2018 at 10:49 PM Glad to read your nice comment, as always, Susan. Best wishes, Gershon

Charles Messina July 6, 2018 at 10:23 PM Love the spook in this one, Gershon! Congratulations on your win...Charlie Gershon Wolf July 7, 2018 at 10:48 PM Much appreciated, my friend. ~ Gershon

Mick Talbot July 5, 2018 at 8:55 PM Very hard to judge this one, fiction or hallucination, rightly or wrongly I went for the latter, as fiction is not acceptable in a haibun, a great read and a good haiku, however, the element of doubt in my mind gave you a second place, congratulations Gershon, and many thanks for participating, Mick Gershon Wolf July 5, 2018 at 9:18 PM The sincerity, integrity, and candor of your judging process shines through your words, Mick. So very much appreciated!! Those qualities are precious commodities today, my friend, and they're certainly most important to Poetry Soup (and to me). Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your judgment and for the opportunity you afforded us in the contest! ~ Gershon

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart July 5, 2018 at 6:24 AM Delighted to be back with congrats! Have a super day my friend, xomo! Gershon Wolf July 5, 2018 at 1:31 PM Thanks for noticing, Mo! Best wishes, gw

Tom Cunningham June 12, 2018 at 2:09 AM A spooky one Gershon, when you look at the heavens ask yourself are we the only ones here, many top scientists think not. Tom Gershon Wolf June 12, 2018 at 12:16 PM Tom, I DO ask this question a lot! ---and I have no answer. Do you?! ~ Gershon

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart June 11, 2018 at 10:44 PM Oh that's good! Fabulously eerie ;) I soup mailed ya xomo Gershon Wolf June 12, 2018 at 12:17 PM 16 miles on the eerie canal...