OCTOBER CHALLENGE, PART 1

 

Please, continue the poem using the first line provided.

 Submit your haiku / senryu between October 1- 14.

 You can take inspiration from the image below, but please don’t submit a haiga – just complete the first line provided.

 Any submission outside the acceptance period will not be considered.

 

 virtual couple -

 

 

virtual couple -

together on the couch with 

their smartphones

2

virtual couple -

there is a glaring lack of 

scent transmission

3

virtual couple -

female and male stork on 

the migration map

4

virtual couple -

the window pane between 

the ladybugs

5

virtual couple -

she at the refugee tent camp

and he is at the front

 

 Urszula Marciniak

 

 

6

virtual couple
the battery needed change
love at two percent

7
virtual couple
AI  more useful
than the blue pill

 

Oscar Luparia 

 

8

 

virtual couple 

decoding tonight's 

mist-layered stars  

9

virtual couple —

the willows wither 

in synchronicity

 

 Sheikha A. 

 

10

virtual couple—
four shoes
cha cha cha

11 

virtual couple—
one lens
smudged

12 

virtual couple—
left earbud
powering down

 Elliot Diamond

 13

virtual couple -

we remeet

online 

 

 Katherine E Winnick

14

 virtual couple-

emotional closeness

without touch

15

virtual couple-

a romance that lasts until

the relationship falls apart

16

virtual couple-

AI Replika for

the shy

Brigita Lukina

 17

 

virtual couple—

on It Takes Two

video games

18

virtual couple—

pick a kvass recipe 

19

virtual couple— 

cook bake and dine 

together

20

virtual couple—

watch farmers catch 

pink tilapia 

21

virtual couple

laugh talk and break 

the monotony

 

Christina Chin 

22

 

virtual couple -

our old dog and cat sharing

last rays of sunshine

23

virtual couple -

you and i and

never we

 

Natalia Kuznetsova 

24

 

 virtual couple -

fingertips worn down with

touching the keyboard

25
virtual couple -

fiber internet burnt out

with passion

26
virtual couple -

the time has come to gaze

at each other's eyes

 

 Silva Trstenjak