pûr - ter - āēr - mar
Latin-tinged Acrostic Compound Haiku
purifying fire
ûnhibitied, blazing
reaping my soul clean
terrains we traverse
earthen pathways of our lives
rambling on to death
ātmospheric skies
ēagles' majestic domain
reminds; humbles us
maelstroms teach and test
are we cut out to survive?
reality drowns us all
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Second to last entry into the Quadru-Haiku Challenge.
Acrostic using Latin roots for the elements. Ambitious or stupid? Did I really pull it off?
I have loved being able to push myself with this challenge. Haikus really do teach us how to have a better command of words. The better economy of words.
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Comments (8)
Ambitious and effective 💖
Lives, skies, survive. How marvelous, the loose rhyme in this one, so cohesive in its sound. You capture the bigness of nature so well. I've read a few from this challenge but this one gets the themes down in a subtle way, the main theme much larger and more tangible here. So much to love! I could analyze it for a while! 💖 One of my favorites from you.
Wow loved this! Great flow, easy to follow but still complex and creatively written. Nailed the prompt as well!
It art , It's an idea, and it's good
Whoaaa, you blew my mind with this one! You are so inspirational!
This was unique - I like it! I enjoyed the latin :)
yeah, I think it worked wonderfully. well done.
The word nerd in me is so proud of you!! I loved this! It flowed really well. And I these lines kept sticking out to me on the re-reads, 'ēagles' majestic domain reminds; humbles us'. Excellent work