Haiku is a 5-7-5 Vowel format.
Mine usually rhyme which is
really not necessary. Beginning
letter of each line normally is
a small letter and the end of
each line has no punctuation.
morning light appeared
great beauty and solitude
did make day complete
Jim Horn
The thatch up higher
on the P. O. roof
a touch of home
as not aloof!
I estimate my grain of salt
not of default
what e'er is left
within the vault!
The stamp, still cheap
for all the business worth,
a sentinel of giving
Govee's own gloved reserve!
We lose it so, and then deny
our griping was the reason
not defy
our simple freedom, mails reply!
I bartered not the choice
my family moved
but first had voice
and still conserved, the mailed invoice!
The railroad stood as gain, once here
the building same ~ not premature
an older statute would endure
but P. O.'s regulations pure!
So, if and when, the P. O.'s bust
this small town's future
needing . . . . just
a line or two ~ can still amuse ~
will sure seem empty ~ a recluse!
Note : So Many small towns, losing their little collection stations. Seemed like a
composite of fortune ~ just that small letter, or personal note. Even an unpaid
bill at least got to you, to your own hands. With the composite of money handlers
savings are being trafficked into so many schemes. I loved those old buildings, and
the friendly tellers, from down home. They made America dignified!
On a cloud I wrote - I love you
But the cloud blew away
On a tree I wrote - I love you
But someone cut down the tree
In the sand on the beach I wrote - I love you
But the waves wiped them away
In the wind, I cried - I love you
But the wind was too strong and no one could hear
In a small letter I wrote - I love you
But I never posted it - it was never sent
But you know - I love you
and my heart belongs to you
19.02.2013
A-L Andresen :)