Prompt #11: Opal Haiku
Attempt at English Haiku:
How I hate this form
Yet amazed by its beauty
In what is hidden
Rainbow color shine
Ei how I hate thee so much
it is beautiful
Attempt at Japanese Haiku form:
understand I
amazed its
beauty
color shine
differently
be shocked
Faith Taryn Davies 
Opal, October
The birthstone of my birth month
Used to think it plain
That’s before I saw
No gem’s a single color
Opal least of all
Opalescent prize
All the shades of sky and more
Pleased to call it mine
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Many thanks for prompting the creation. (:
See your creation is so much better. I wanted to shoot the girl who gave me the prompt because I struggle writing in strict forms of poetry, but I am glad that you found some inspiration. It’s a great way to have a conversation between writers; send me some prompts if you feel up to it and thank you for responding. ^_^
You’re welcome, and I’m glad you liked it (I say in between hoots of laughter at your desire to shoot the prompter).
Strict poetry forms can be a pain, ’tis true. I’d hoped to write a certain virelai, once; hasn’t happened yet, but maybe someday…
As for a new prompt for you, how about… a 100-word piece (no more, no less) which must involve two of the four following items: A fruit, a song, a hat, a baby.
Go wild! But not so wild that you shoot me. 😉