AUGUST CHALLENGE - PART 2 -

Please, continue the poem using the first line provided.

 Submit your haiku / senryu between August 15 and 30.

Take a look to the part 1 to see the highlighted poems. 

 broken clock -

 

The Broken Clock –

this time news of the end 

came from far away

2

The Broken Clock –

and time passes without 

being repaired

 

 Urszula Marciniak

 

3

 broken clock —
snow on the dial
undisturbed
4
broken clock —
the cuckoo door
open an inch
5
broken clock —
the roof’s slow drip
keeping time

Jacek Margolak

 6

 

 

broken clock—

an earthquake stopped

time

Glorija Lukina

9

 

broken clock-

a lonely old man is still waiting

on the bench

10

broken clock-

someone thought they could

stop time

Brigita Lukina

11

broken clock…
the constant ticking of
certain memories

12

broken clock…
the lost moments,
the moments worth remembering

 Oscar Luparia

 

13

 

broken clock -

my students always find 

lame excuses

14

broken clock -

no way to harness 

time

           Natalia Kuznetsova

 

15

 

broken clock 

his axis teeters on

her never-evers  

16

broken clock 

a crescent shadow

enters the sun

17

broken clock 

the lovers reopen 

their time capsule 

18

broken clock 

one last exhale into 

the breathing tube 

19

broken clock

suspended between 

message sent and read 

 

 Sheikha A. 

 

 20

broken clock -
time to fill my scars
with gold

Silva Trstenjak

 21

 

broken clock—
a spiderweb
between gears

22 

broken clock—
unwinding the Milky Way
by hand

 Elliot Diamond

 

23

broken clock—

grandpa rewinds it 

to tick

 

24

broken clock—

woodworms roll out 

boring dust 

 

25

broken clock—

great-grandma asks 

what time is it?

 

26

broken clock—

for keepsake the smell 

of Briwax

 Christina Chin