The Shining: A Stephen Kingly Haiku
A #BookReviewHaiku
Snow upon pine-tops
Overlooked Abyss of Dread:
Boiler blasts ghost-night.
For Judey Kalchik's #BookReviewHaiku Challenge. Been fun seeing what everyone else made of it, so I figured I'd give it a try.
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Rob Angeli
sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt
There are tears of things, and mortal objects touch the mind.
-Virgil Aeneid I.462
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In Eclipse Challenge Winners
Creator Dane BH is one of our Vocal stalwarts. We’re so grateful to all of your in our Vocal community, and so thrilled by your achievements. This is the third time Dane has won one of our challenges, and she appears too on our Vocal podcast, Write Here, Write Now — take a listen if you haven’t already. But she’s not our winner because we know her: the subtlety and simplicity of we watched the world go dark. together. is what made it our winner of the In Eclipse challenge, with the grace and ease of its lines and observation. As it happens it also expresses the community spirit that means so much to us.
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Comments (8)
The photos you use with your stories/poems always sets up perfect imagery. :)
You captured the concept of the book so well!
What a beautiful description of this book! My 2nd favourite King!
That's very Kingly :). I like the haiku even though Kings novels give me nightmares.
Awesome ❤️‼️
This is so great! Love The Shining
Uhf! That was so good! "Boiler blasts ghost-night." Absolutely perfect line.
abyss of dread for sure! A classic.