Haiku (11-15)



11
there were only three,
and yet could be called rightly
feral-pig stampede













12
juxtaposing this:
what cyclic seasons make with
concrete obelisk













13
pigeon, I have seen
your European cousins perched
in granite garlands













14
yellowjacket nest
any surface seems to do,
the hanging ladder












15
whose blood spurts blush the
coliseum floor, fainting,
gores the matador
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Written on 2022

Submitted by James_Kirkpatrick on December 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBX ACXD AXXC AXXX AXDX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 409
Words 113
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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