Tanya Harrington Poet Haiku

Mountain Battle Scars

war rages upon buttes
nature's elements lash out
against lofty peaks

frigid winds and rain
slowly carve out gaping wounds
indiscernibly

deeply scarred faces
erosive testimony
of battered bodies

Tanya Harrington  ©  07-03-2012
For Mountain Haiku Contest

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Linda-Marie Sweetheart July 13, 2012 at 6:03 AM congrats Tanya on a lovely win for a beautiful mountain view luv..

Andrea Dietrich July 13, 2012 at 12:52 AM YOur set was one of the most profound. Congrats in the contest.

Marty Owens July 12, 2012 at 10:01 AM Congrats on your win in the Mountain contest...Marty

Carol Sunshine Brown July 12, 2012 at 7:25 AM Congratulations on your placement in P.D.'s "Haiku Mountain Week" contest Tanya. Love, Carol

David Williams July 12, 2012 at 7:22 AM Tanya congrats on your win...superb..David

Jonas L. Rozario July 12, 2012 at 4:22 AM Congrats on your win Tanya

Poet Destroyer A July 11, 2012 at 7:53 PM Tanya, congratulations with your awesome win ;-) thank you for supporting my contest~ sending hugs your way~LUV*PD

Kash Poet July 4, 2012 at 12:56 AM Very nice haiku series here Tanya.Enjoyed the read.

Robert Pettit July 3, 2012 at 9:41 PM Your mountains have a kind of mortal human quality in these haiku entries.

Andrea Dietrich July 3, 2012 at 8:50 PM wow, likening this to past battles. I know they are natural ones but that last haiku seems to be speaking of human ones! this is really great, Tanya! Tanya Harrington July 5, 2012 at 2:56 PM Thank you Andrea

Russell Sivey July 3, 2012 at 2:55 PM This is superb Tanya! I really enjoyed this expressive write! Great Work!!