Heeding Haiku With Carpe Diem: Senryu: Crystal Pond
death falls to darkness
or does the soul perhaps leap
to a crystal pond
~Cie~
Notes:
Today's Carpe Diem prompt involved revising this well-known Haiku by Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694).
old pond
a frog jumps into
the sound of water
Today's Mindlovemisery's Menagerie prompt was crystals. We were asked to follow traditional Haiku rules, but, sorry, no can do when such a stellar Senryu using both prompts has hijacked my synapses!
I dreamed that my wonderful cat Trinity, whom I had to have put to sleep three years ago on November 9 due to brain and lung cancer, was here with me. November 9, 2016, was a garbage day in history. I lost my great friend on that day, and Lord Dampnut was elected "president." It was a terrible time to be alive.
She was such a special cat. I miss her big, chonky body, her big, chonky personality, and her big, loud purr.
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