Hour Twelve – 2020

first light…
a crow’s seventh caw
births the world

10 thoughts on “Hour Twelve – 2020”

Adrienne Edwards says:

June 29, 2020 1:24am EDT at 1:24 AM

love this.
I first read “seventh claw” and was willing to accept it.

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1. Shloka Shankar says:
  
  June 29, 2020 1:46am EDT at 1:46 AM
  
  Hahaha! That does make it more interesting. 😉 Thank you, Adrienne.
vidyashankar says:

June 29, 2020 2:02pm EDT at 2:02 PM

Brilliant!!

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1. Shloka Shankar says:
  
  June 30, 2020 12:25am EDT at 12:25 AM
  
  Thanks, Vidya 🙂
cristywatson says:

July 10, 2020 9:38am EDT at 9:38 AM

Evocative! Hopeful…

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1. Shloka Shankar says:
  
  July 10, 2020 11:13am EDT at 11:13 AM
  
  Thank you, Cristy. 🙂
Siobhan says:

July 10, 2020 4:30pm EDT at 4:30 PM

This poem speaks a thousand words in very few! So perfectly succinct! Awesome, Shloka!

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1. Shloka Shankar says:
  
  July 11, 2020 1:39am EDT at 1:39 AM
  
  Thank you, kindly, Siobhan. 🙂 That is the beauty of haiku. 🙂
Ivan Bekaren says:

September 15, 2020 5:58pm EDT at 5:58 PM

Simplistic and confounding. Amazing how you wrap pregnant meaning in such few words😲. Love it 🔥❤🔥

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1. Shloka Shankar says:
  
  September 16, 2020 1:40am EDT at 1:40 AM
  
  Thanks for stopping by, Ivan. 🙂 Glad you liked the poem.