Saturday, April 11, 2020

Vain Supplication



A murder of sullen prayers
smudges the sky with tantrums - 
dark rosary of vanity.

©Susie Clevenger 2020

#napowritmo2020 Day11

Inspired by: #skyloverwordlist - sullen




7 comments:

  1. 'A murder of sullen prayers'- incredible line Susie.

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  2. This is just brilliant, Susie. An incredibly forceful haiku.

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  3. This is on fire, Susie!!!💝💝

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  4. Excellent!! At first I read "murder of 'stolen" prayers" and I stopped. It didn't take long to remember another tourist in Jerusalem stealing one of the prayers stuck into the Western Wall. Souvenir??
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  5. I love 'A murder of sullen prayers', Susie!

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