~ Haiku ~ ~ Haiku ~
Drenched in saltwater,
Shell mothers a dainty pearl
till death splits its parts
Till death splits its parts
Shell protects the sheen of pearl
corroding from salt.
The pearl sprang up from
seashell ajar, new baby’s
rendezvous with world
— Sangeeta Mishra
Shared with Haiku Horizons, Prompt: Shell
A Haiku is a Japanese poem traditionally comprising of seventeen syllables, in three lines of ‘five’, ‘seven’, and ‘five’, which evokes natural images.
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Ah! The beautiful relation of the shell with the pearl. Beautifully written <3
really nice
Nice to read.
very nice thought and presentation.