(haiku) - Confession Poem by royness ( ' ' )

(haiku) - Confession



here priests in boxes
lay hands on wicked children
soaking up the sins

royness ( ' ' )
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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Sonny Rainshine 13 November 2007

I like this haiku a lot. Powerful image of the priests' hands acting as a kind of wick (pun on wicked) syphoning up the children's misdeeds. Good work. As I'm sure you know, haikus are one of the hardest forms to write-not much room to get it right. Cheers.

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