Thursday 30 August 2007

haiku

shaking out
a thousand uncaged eyes -
the peacock shimmers.


written in response to Invitation to Poetry: Freedom at Abbey Arts

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's a great description of the peacock showing his plumage. :)

wendy said...

9 words

a billion pixels of image!

well done.

Anonymous said...

great poem! Thanks for your contribution. You say so very much in such a small space -- very evocative!

January said...

What a wonderful image. Very well done.

Anonymous said...

Oh, lovely! You do so much with so little. :)

Jo said...

Beautiful.

jem said...

This is fantastic. I always think peacocks are a little frightening, but this is explosive in all the best ways!

Janice Thomson said...

Juliet this is a very striking verse - the imagery is fantastic.

Clare said...

Hi Crafty! Fantastic image your words creates -- all those amazing eyes!!
:)

Brian said...

oooh, this is nice