These haiku are written for this week’s prompt at haiku Heights which is the word “Death”
Woodpecker on gravestone
The Boy
Fragile and different
Defeated by the bullies
He jumped to his death
The girl
Remnants of ribbons
And fading flowers weep, where she
Fell to her death
The father
The death of his son
Drove him to despair. Destroyed,
His life he ended.
The cemetery
Lawned garden of grief
Compassion carved into stone
Too late to show love
Heavenhappens 
These fall into each other perfectly. Beautiful writing.
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Thank you x
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These are beautiful. The Cemetery generates a strong image in my mind.
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Thanks Diana, I will check out your blog x thank you for reading and commenting x it means a lot to me x
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How tragic and yet how powerful… TY for sharing this.
I’ve been writing my haiku on my blogspot blog.
http://positivekismet.blogspot.com/2013/01/musings-trust.html
Eliz
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Thank you for reading x will check out your blogspot x
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Wow, what a tale of tradegy.
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Such sad things happen in the world, it is good to show love while we can x
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Ow, very tragic.
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Certainly was x
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Sad. Beautifully written. I like the way you described the cemetery.
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Thank you x I like that one too. I wrote it some time ago but felt it was appropriate here.
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Though each set is expressed very well, the last one left me with some powerful thoughts! Really, then its too late to show love, what a thought!
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Yes, it is really important to show love while you can ~ we never know when we see people, if we will ever see them again. I have lost so many people that I feel quite strongly about it x
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I love your cemetery haiku…so accurate…it really resonates for me. Beautiful words, sad thoughts. Very powerful – thank you
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Thanks for the kind comments x wrote it after visiting my parents’ grave at the cemetery x
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Awesome Haiku. I liked all of them, but the 2nd and the 4th ones I liked most:-)
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Thank you x They are connected sadly.
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A sobering set. The last one is my favorite–you captured the very essence of a cemetery. Well done.
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Thank you x I wrote that one after visiting my parents’ grave at the cemetery.
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Sad and tragic!
Lovely set!
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Thank you x tragic indeed!
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Very powerful set of haiku.
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Thank you. A hard prompt to deal with this week.
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a heavy topic, well-handled….
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Thank you x It was painful to write as all are based on recent tragic local events x
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Some deaths are so tragic and unnecessary. Powerful writing!
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Thank you x these were all tragic events that happened locally in the last 12 months
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I find this totally so unique…I’m not quite sure how to put it…but it is very well written and moving.
Thank you.
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Thank you x I appreciate your feedback. x
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Powerful and deeply expressed.
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Thanks Anthony. They are based on true events so are indeed very moving to write.
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