Lessons In Bronze: A Troiku

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub
where Jill challenges us to write our
haiku using this image as inspiration.

bronze hands cup a leaf
a pigtailed girl kneels to learn
what old palms still hold

bronze hands cup a leaf
summer caught in metal veins
it will never fall

a pigtailed girl kneels to learn
her eyes lift to his
worn soles face the sky

what old palms still hold
he offers like a secret
the grass keeps growing

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Nancy’s Notes: A Troiku is a form which consists of the initial Haiku where each line in succession becomes the 1st line of 3 additional Haiku. Because the 2nd line is 7 syllables there is poetic license for that stanza as long as the syllable count equals 17.

This is “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills & Nash

Haiku Fridays with J-Dub #25

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