hidden behind moon
sun’s light reaching to the stars
silent cicadas
With sun and moon as this poet’s choice of words, this haiku is my response to Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge #130. Every week, Colleen offers two key words (or more accurately requests the use of synonyms for those words),
with the exception of the first week of the month, when it’s poet’s choice.
Image: Totality, August 21, 2017, Jefferson City, Missouri
During the eclipse, all birds and insects went eerily silent.
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rivrvlogr 
Beautiful! ❤
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Thank you. 🙂
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A haiku perfect for the eclipse. And you got such a great photo! (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe. It was a remarkable event.
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Beautiful photo ! I find your last line wonderful ” silent cicadas ”
miriam
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Thank you, Miriam.
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There’s something about that silence that echoes.
Wonderful photo, too!
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Thank you, Merril!
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brief and beautiful
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Merci!
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