Spirited

Spirited

A Poem by Chris Shaw

a faltering flame
in a room filled with darkness
fights for love of light

© 2020 Chris Shaw


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What makes this especially intense for me is the title, as it relates to the content. Spirited people are often the ones who take darkness the hardest. Just look at all the artists & musicians that die young. You've captured the essence of haiku/senryu perfectly: (1) expression thru imagery & (2) saying a ton with very few words (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

I couldn't ask for a better review on this senryu. Thank you Margie. Really appreciate you and what .. read more
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LIKE A CANDLE IN THE WIND as Elton John sang. A flicker of light in this dark and troubled land
Your very brief poem did the trick Christine!

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Many thanks Augustus for checking in. A belated happy new year to you.

Chris
augustus

3 Years Ago

Thank you and may I wish you a super and better Year ahead of us. Stay safe!
Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Thank you Augustus and you too stay safe and healthy.
Good to see more Japanese influenced work on the Site Chris, and it is excellent - nicely metaphoric and as all these short forms should, leaving the reader to fill in the backstory.

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Thank you so much. I do like Haiku. I know they aren't everyone's cup of tea, so it delights me when.. read more
A moving piece here. Sometimes, when the darkness is especially pervasive, we are all faltering flames. That is when we must learn to really love the light.

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Thanking you John and appreciating the visit. We all need the light at the moment in these dark days.. read more
This might be truth or goodness or right fighting in an indifferent world. Faltering but fighting. But the struggle is so disheartening.

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Many thank yous fir your visit adornoscousin. Happy New year to you.

Chris
what a wonderful haiku, very nicely penned

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Many thanks for checking in Kim. All the best to you.
Just Kim

3 Years Ago

you too.....
and still it struggles.. for the greatest of these is love.. Merry Christmas..

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Merry Christmas olla and many thanks for your welcome visit.

Chris
olla

3 Years Ago

you are so welcome.. I appreciate your writing even when I am not fit to comment.. today is a good d.. read more
Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

I really appreciate that you are reading my work even when you don't feel well enough to comment dea.. read more
this latest curtain of darkness is going to make that flames fight even more difficult

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

You aren't wrong there Dave. It's going to get worse before it gets better. All the best.
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Such a strong message here for all of us Chris, what a wonderful senryu to remind us that there is always light even if it seems to falter in our darkest moments.... it will always flicker in the background until the time is right for it to spread again.

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Thank you Stella for that very encouraging review. Pleased you enjoyed this senryu.

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Stella Armour

3 Years Ago

I did enjoy very much Chris and thank you ....
beautiful haiku, a beautiful testimony to the spirited , it brings to mind ying and yang, if we lived on the light side of the moon it would always be daytime, on the dark side always night, both equal in the balance, when there is too much of either unbalance. keep the flame burning.

Posted 3 Years Ago


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Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

I love your response Corset. We think alike when it comes to this Haiku. All good wishes and keep sa.. read more
Corset

3 Years Ago

very cool this could be both with a human twist, the flame could be someone alone, it is a dual, ver.. read more

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Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw

Berkshire, United Kingdom



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