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John W. Leys June 13, 2017 Formal Poetry, Haiku / Senryu, Poetry

Fire (Haiku)

Through the smokey veil
Devouring inferno
Timber burning black

6/13/17

This is my response to Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 37 – SMOKE & VEIL

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micketalbot on June 13, 2017 at 9:33 pm
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Great haiku, one of mine on the same theme also found on Colleens participants page. 🙂 😉

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  John W. Leys on June 13, 2017 at 9:36 pm
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  Thanks! I’ll have to check yours out.
  
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    micketalbot on June 13, 2017 at 10:02 pm
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    https://mickhispoetry.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/colleens-weekly-poetry-challenge-37-smoke-veil/ not intended to be pushy, please take it as a friendly pointer, if it works, (suffering a bit of brain flatulence this morning 😦
    
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      John W. Leys on June 13, 2017 at 10:10 pm
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      Not pushy at all, I’d have done the same thing. Much appreciated.
      
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        micketalbot on June 13, 2017 at 10:12 pm
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        My pleasure 🙂
        
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Colleen Chesebro on June 14, 2017 at 1:22 pm
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Great imagery, John. I can see that forest fire raging! ❤

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  John W. Leys on June 14, 2017 at 2:45 pm
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  Thanks, Colleen!
  
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Colleen’s Weekly #Poetry Challenge # 35 – FAIRY & MAGIC – Colleen Chesebro ~ Fairy Whisperer on June 19, 2017 at 11:05 pm
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[…] Fire (Haiku) | Darkness of His Dreams […]

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