below the
city’s cobblestones
it shifted,
restless and
hungry for rays of sunlight
garden, now a street
In response to First Line Friday – July 21st 2017
Unclogging my mind…
below the
city’s cobblestones
it shifted,
restless and
hungry for rays of sunlight
garden, now a street
In response to First Line Friday – July 21st 2017
Superb. I love that you ‘Haiku-ified’ the first line and used such a twist at the end. I feel for the blades of grass and flowers that once were!
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Thanks… I enjoyed completing the opening line… Glad that I was able to give it a meaningful twist… 🙂
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Really nice piece. I hope the garden pushes its way through.
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Thanks… I hope so too…
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Oh, that’s so sad. Such is the fate of far too many community gardens over time. Well done.
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Indeed… sad but true… thanks for your comments…
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