SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE PART 1

 

Please, continue the poem using the first line provided.

 Submit your haiku / senryu between September 1-14.

 failed relationship -

 

failed relationship -

and yet there is 

some anchor

2 

failed relationship -

was this clear from 

the beginning?

3

failed relationship -

the autumn sun breaks through 

the thorns

4

failed relationship -

between my shore and yours 

muddy water

5

failed relationship -

our boat aground 

for so long

6

failed relationship -

which one will get off 

their boat first?

 

 Urszula Marciniak

 

7

failed relationship
mending the sail I realize
I never liked happy endings
8
failed relationship
time to hoist the sails
and go with the wind

 

Oscar Luparia 

 

9

 

failed relationship 

cataract starlight 

in her dimming vision 

10

failed relationship 

an onslaught of sirens 

pulls her awake 

11

failed relationship 

below the willow-stars 

she hangs his silence 

12

failed relationship 

the text cursor 

in perennial limbo

 

 Sheikha A.

 13

 

failed relationship—
wheelbarrow
leaking sand

14

failed relationship—
the leash barking

at the door

 Elliot Diamond

 15

failed relationship —
the shortcut
grown over
16
failed relationship —
a longer way
around the park
16
failed relationship —
her umbrella
in the stand

Jacek Margolak

 17

failed relationship —

the cold space between 

a warmed bed

 18

failed relationship —

after a loud exchange 

evening downpour

 19

failed relationship —

the iridescent cicada's 

hollow shell

 20

failed relationship —

the shimmering mirage 

of illusion

 21

failed relationship —

moving on, the dulled 

memory of last summer

 Christina Chin

 

 22

 

failed relationship

every which way

to winter

 23

failed relationship

a fallen nest

left to rot

 24

failed relationship

with no oars

to find the source

 Joanna Ashwell

25 

 failed relationship-

everyone pays

their own bill

 

26

failed relationship-

the differences

are too great

 

27

failed relationship-

he accepted another woman's

smile

 Brigita Lukina

 28

 

failed relationship -

left next to the trash

bicycle for two

 

 Mihovila Čeperić-Biljan

 29

failed relationship -

nothing personal

just a broken heart

 

30

failed relationship -

hopelessly tangled web 

with no winners

 

Natalia Kuznetsova