Cream
tea in courtyard:
magnolia
arms reach over
social
service tales;
from
cop shop particulars
commonplace
half-truths surface.
Magenta
or shocking pink?
Nature’s
candelabra
sheds
pear-shaped petals;
we
argue the fading hue
of
under litter.
vii.2014
Haiku are a great way to exercise one's powers of compression. This is a somewhat self-conscious expansion utilising the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable tanka structure (and its reverse).
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