Exceptional 5/7/5 Modern Haiku One Thousand Cranes : Funeral Bells Toll by Gypsy Blue Rose

funeral bells toll     send waves of pain through the heart — flowers full of grief       Recognized Author Notes flowers are canterbury bells The funeral tolling of a bell is the technique of sounding a single bell very slowly, with a significant gap between strikes. It is used to mark the death of a person at a funeral or burial service announcing the end of a person's life. This haiku is modern because I use alliteration. MODERN HAIKU is the English adaptation of Classic Haiku. It's written in one to four lines with no strict syllable count, but as brief as possible. These poems use a pause usually marked by a dash before the satori (an insightful twist to ponder). Images don't need to be taken from nature. Seasonality is optional. Alliteration and metaphor are okay. Never rhymes. The em-dash ( -- ) is used to emphasize an interruption in speech before the satori. Haiku usually doesn't have a title but in fanstory we have to have one. The Haiku Foundation of America Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem. Gypsy "The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus

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