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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

Date: 7/17/2018 1:33:00 PM

Creative winning work. Congrats. Sara

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/17/2018 1:59:00 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

Date: 7/7/2018 9:27:00 AM

Hmmm... Congratulations on your win. You had my attention! Well done!

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/7/2018 10:49:00 PM

Glad to read your nice comment, as always, Susan. Best wishes, Gershon

Charles Messina

Date: 7/6/2018 10:23:00 PM

Love the spook in this one, Gershon! Congratulations on your win...Charlie

Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/7/2018 10:48:00 PM

Much appreciated, my friend. ~ Gershon

Mick Talbot

Date: 7/5/2018 8:55:00 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
Date: 7/5/2018 9:18:00 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