For the second year I decided to participate in the A-Z Blogging Challenge. Each April bloggers write for 26 days (Sundays off). Each day is a consecutive letter of the alphabet.
Today is April 7th and the Fabulous letter F
This piece is six stanzas of Haiku.
Inspired by a friend’s circumstances and helped along with prompts from a challenge.
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(I had no idea what to use for an image)
When her faith had died
When her faith had died,
she hoped he would not fail her,
but as time went on,
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Their life continued
his voice like a trumpet’s blare
sent out warning notes
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Her heart drummed loudly
she wondered if he was true
one more chance she gave
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Watchful eyes waited
she sensed his interest fade
taut violin strings
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Time passed so slowly
his flute shrilled piercing her soul
powerless she wept
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Luck found her at last
the time had come to leave him
when her faith had died.
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Kinda sad that one is.
Looking forward to your Fabrications
Have you ever written a story or poem from a prompt?
Author Susan Koenig 
Great haiku Sue! And I do write from prompts from time to time 🙂
thanks Juli
Lovely, Sue – heartrendingly lovely!
well it was heartbreaking for the woman I wrote it for
I’m sorry to hear that. 😦
You evoke such deep emotions with so few words! I love how each stanza mentions a different musical instrument, except the last one–which creates a sense of loss in its own way.
I’m not that great at prompts though. I have so much in my head that needs writing, it seems prompts only get in the way! I do them, and get words, but then set them aside and jump into my story world. 🙂
My weekly writing group works on prompts so I incorporate them into my writing. We get points 😀
this piece was written for a friend going through a bad break up
Sad indeed, very poignant. I have written from a prompt, but I found it wasn’t helpful to me as a fiction writer. Prompts seem to tap the work side of my brain rather than the creative side. They feel more like a job assignment than an opportunity to create story. I’m a careful writer, but I write everyday, am never short of ideas and have never had writer’s block. The blank page is prompt enough, I suppose.
VR Barkowski
thanks for the visit!
wow, that was intense! Great post for the letter ‘F’ 🙂
thanks very much
That is a .sad one. Well done. You are great at haiku
yes thank you – have had a lot of practice on a haiku site