Love Cooked Slow - Hiku 22 -

Written: June 23, 2025, for Brian Strand contest

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m y r r h 
                on your  s o f t      s   k
                                           i    n—
a
       k
    e       t                   
     t     l                           b    e     d
        e          hums  in       r    o      o
                                          m    s

 we speak without n~o~i~s~e

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p
    a
        b
            u
                l
                   u
                       m      of      t*o*u*c*h

 fuels the pain below my r_i_b_s
 
      l 
  o      v
       e,         slow-cooked   f*i*r*e      \|/\|/
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George Avatar
June 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
These twin haikus are a real specimen of your ability for artistic creation where love steams like a boiling kettle. You are proving to be a master of shaped haiku too. Congratulations on your top win.
Kauffman Avatar
June 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Oh, these are so good Lasaad both in shape and in the poem you've written. Romance just overflows from your words in warmth and in tenderness as passions simmer like water in a teakettle. What a wonderful metaphor. Best wishes for the contest, dear friend. Blessings!
Sharma  Avatar
June 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Both these shaped hiku poems are absolutely stunning and breathtaking, dear Sotto! Your wordplay here is quite profound and creative, making these stand out! Such enticing emotions and love-lit ambience you've woven. Pleasure reading your work always, sending many best wishes and light ~
Hind Avatar
June 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Simply breathtaking, Sotto! Wow.
Andresen Avatar
June 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
- You have become an expert at these shaped Hiku poems, Las :) - Good luck in the contest :) - hugs
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