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The Reaper’s Hourglass

When the Hourglass Falls

By Stephanie HoogstadPublished about a month ago • 1 min read
The Reaper’s Hourglass
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

Inverted hourglass

Sand slipping through time until

Reaper knocks it down


Author’s Note: I’m on day six of the fifty-day song/lyric-inspired haiku (or should it be senryū?) challenge. Today’s poem is inspired by Breathe (2 AM) by Anna Nalick, which you can listen to below.

Senryusocial commentaryHaiku

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Stephanie Hoogstad

With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.

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