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Fingers stiff

small warmth

By Mark FrancisPublished 2 months ago โ€ข 1 min read
Runner-Up in Small Heat Challenge
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fireside fingers stiff

you open to page where sits

a small red flower

Haiku

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Mark Francis

Published translator of verse and original writer of haiku, senryu, lyric, occasional and genre poetry and speculative fiction.

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  • Niall James Bradley2 months ago

    Congratulations! Love the last line.

  • Marilyn Glover2 months ago

    Gosh, Mark, this haiku is quite lovely. Congratulations on your win!๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŒน

  • Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’–๐ŸŽŠ

  • Gabriel Huizenga2 months ago

    Beautiful, evocative, magical. Congrats!!

  • Gerry Thibeault2 months ago

    congrats Mark!!

  • Harper Lewis2 months ago

    Congratulatoins!

  • Sonia Heidi Unruh2 months ago

    Lovely! So much story spilling out of these three lines.

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