Haiku, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts, Zip Haiku

A Sign: A Zip Haiku

Written for Sadje’s weekly query:
What Do You See? and for Val’s
Haiku Scavenger Hunt #2 where
the challenge is to write a zip haiku.

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bag in hand ….. peaks of snow stand tall

one man ….. looking for a sign

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Nancy’s Notes: A Zip is an English language Haiku analog created by John Carley. The Zip has 15 syllables written in 2 lines having one internal caesura in each line represented by a double space

This is “Looking For A Sign” by Beck

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