Caring About Our World Reflecting About Life
moth dust
a smudge of moon
through drifting clouds
~Martha Magenta
Blithe Spirit vol 29 number 3 August 2019 ISSN 1353-3320
As a tribute to Martha Magenta, an accomplished poet who died last month, Frank Tassone’s Haikai Challenge invites us to choose one of her poems and then write one of our own. A Martha Magenta selection is above and my own haiku, below:
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lily dust
memories that linger
on the skin
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©️2020 Ontheland
What word is there for this…a sorrow for someone known only through their poems?
‘Poet loss’…the silencing of a flow, a voice, that inspires awe and delight.
Last January we lost Rachel Sutcliffe. This January, Martha Magenta.
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stardust
forever
their poems
the ones not known
still in their hearts
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©️2020 Ontheland
Martha Magenta’s blog: Martha Magenta — An Archive of my Published Poetry
