Haikus On Grief
when words speak of loss
I’ve written 38 haiku style poems as epigraphs for the chapters of my upcoming novel. Some of them deserve an audience of their own. These pieces all lean into loss. They seemed to hold each other up even as they speak of grief.
Feeling Loss—Four Haiku Style Poems
Beneath leaden dreams Mud and mind grabbing my steps Something ancient stirs
Voices remember A photo bleeds gray and blue Bonfire ashes wait
Truth holds winter's weight An ancient rage closes doors A heritage claimed
The city's fervor Tall voices striding damp streets Grief's counter medley
Hello, there! I’m Kim E. Williams, a retired, sixty-something man with a life history of ordained ministry (defrocked), marketing, sales, training and now writing. (more about that here) I’m obsessively writing new fiction and poetry these days and your support helps me write and keep for going back to work.
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Wonderful clever idea for placing these in the beginning of a chapter. It’s fun and it will look really elegant.
They reminded me of the I CHING, where the prose text functions as commentary on the poetry.