Lunch Break: 1784

Friday, October 30, 2015

1784

a shadowy moon
tethered in night's vast longing
a witch her sad heart

though the witch was sad
her broomstick scurried away
into the dark night

darkness engulfing
the cackle of an old witch
ruffles the cat's fur

© gillena cox 2015

Revisit
Haloween 2008
Haloween 2010
Haloween 2013

Blog hopping at Paint Party Friday Week 34, Year 5

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Recuerda Mi Corazon haiku my heart - broomstick

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edited to include
FLASH 55 PLUS! by Kerry O'Connor
CHALLENGE: optional extra prompt... to write to the theme of Halloween.

49 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...: Spoooooky! Happy PPF, Hugs, Valerie; 8:35 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thanks for dropping in Valerie

Much love...; 9:36 AM
Lea said...: Those first two lines will haunt me for a long, long time...; 9:37 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Ha, glad you stopped by Lea

Much love...; 9:42 AM
Reading Pleasure said...: Perfect for Halloween!; 10:26 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Happy you dropped in Celestine

much love...; 10:31 AM
A Bit of the Blarney said...: Happy Halloween!! A wonderful reflection of the holiday!! Thank you!!!; 10:43 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Happy you dropped in Cathy

much love...; 10:50 AM
rebecca said...: you had me with "night's great longing".
fabulous!!!; 11:07 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thanks Rebecca

Much love...; 11:47 AM
Christine said...: Lovely Halloween poem and art!; 12:00 PM
Gillena Cox said...: Thank you Christine

much love...; 1:07 PM
J C said...: Too scary for me, Gillena. I'm on my broom and outta here!; 2:31 PM
Faye said...: Very well done, Gillena. Thanks for dropping by my blog.; 2:40 PM
Gillena Cox said...: Ha, glad you dropped in JC
Much love...; 3:35 PM
Gillena Cox said...: Happy you dropped by Faye

Much love...; 3:36 PM
Giggles said...: Very spooky... I bet all witches wished their brooms would run away and take the work with them too!!

Hugs Giggles; 4:36 PM
carol l mckenna said...: Very creative haiku for Halloween ~ love the cat part ~ Great moon shots!

Wishing you a Happy Weekend,
artmusedog and carol; 4:51 PM
Gillena Cox said...: (◕‿◕｡) happy you dropped in Giggles

much love...; 6:25 PM
Gillena Cox said...: Thanks for dropping in Carol

much love...; 6:25 PM
My name is Erika. said...: Spooky piece and love your poem. Enjoy your Halloween weekend!; 6:50 PM
denthe said...: Great combination of images and text! Happy Halloween!; 7:05 PM
Jo said...: love this gillena. i love the little purple dots. :); 7:33 PM
GlorV1 said...: Love your Haiku and your work is awesome.:) Have a great weekend. Thx for stopping by my blog.; 11:17 PM
sirkkis said...: Spooky but happy Halloween to you, too ♥♥♥; 1:49 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thanks for dropping in Erika

much love...; 6:46 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Happy you dropped in Jo

much love...; 6:47 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Happy you dropped in Gloria

much love...; 6:48 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thanks Sirkkis

much love...; 6:48 AM
payal agarwal said...: Lovely artwork and great haiku.It shall haunt me for sometime. :); 9:42 AM
Neesie said...: OOOooooooh... spooky!
Happy Halloween to you ;D; 11:10 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thanks for dropping in Payal
Much love...; 4:11 PM
Gillena Cox said...: Happy you dropped in Neesie

Much love...; 4:11 PM
Beth Niquette said...: EEEEEEEeeeeeek! So perfect for this holiday! :D; 5:56 PM
Ilona Heimböckel said...: I love the combination of poetry and picture!
Happy Halloween!
And thank you for your lovely comment on my blog,
hugs Ilona; 5:57 PM
Gillena Cox said...: Happy you dropped in Beth

much love...; 7:34 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thanks for the return visit IIona

much love...; 7:34 AM
sheila 77 said...: Poor witch, I hope she cheers up.
"the cackle of an old witch
ruffles the cat's fur" - brilliant.
Great poem for Halloween with the dark spooky pictures.; 7:43 AM
Irene said...: Perfect for the season. The sad witch gave a new twist to story. Like it.; 11:41 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thanks Sheila

much love...; 11:55 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thank you Irene

much love...; 11:56 AM
Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...: I like these witchy glimpses!; 11:35 PM
Margaret said...: A tethered moon ... Beautiful.; 12:16 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Happy you dropped in Rosemary

Much love...; 5:08 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thanks Margaret

Much love...; 5:08 AM
Kerry O'Connor said...: I love your presentation!; 11:05 AM
Gillena Cox said...: Thank you Kerry

Much love...; 6:45 PM
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