~ Haiku ~ ~ Haiku~
Who’s behind whose face
hidden beneath the sly mask,
speaking in riddles?
— Sangeeta Mishra
Shared with Haiku Horizons for prompt ‘MASK’
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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Your use of the article ‘the’ sounded somewhat awkward to me Sangeeta….did you use it to complete syllable count or was there some other reason?
Yes Sunaina, you are right! This is awkward but I have used it purposely. By ‘whose face’ I meant ‘artificial face’ so used ‘the’ to make it emphatic. Also it’s usage completed the syllable count. Well thanks for noticing and pointing out. Your opinion always counts. 🙂
I think, I should edit it and add inverted commas to emphasize ‘the whose face’.
A wonderful haiku! Love the way you play with words 🙂
Thank you so much Purba!
I too am curious!
Let’s find out Indrani ! Thanks!
Who indeed! Masks demand riddles.
Well said! Thank you so much!