Painted Knees
too many live their lives
denied knowing the green grass
stains the dreams of youth
This is my entry for this weeks Haiku Poetry Challenge GRASS and Stain.
There are details in the prompt on how to write a Haiku.
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I like how, in the context of the whole poem, the line “stains the dreams of youth” has a bit of a double meaning.
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Thank you. I think I just missed the second and third lines giving what I wanted but from what you said, I think it gave the meaning.
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WOW-good!
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I like the innocence of this Ron 💜
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