Pitch, Time and Middle

Hot pitch of revenge

Cooled by time’s sweet soothing balm

Indifference grows

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Echoing through time

The heart defends the spirit

With her pitch perfect song

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Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge Words: PITCH and TIME

Jamie’s Photo Challenge Word: MIDDLE There were so many photos I could have chosen for ‘Middle’, but none of them sold themselves strongly enough, I got the choice down to 2 and decided to wait for Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge words to help me choose. The word PITCH did it!  and I thought of Bodiam Castle (visited last summer) in the MIDDLE of its moat, being defended with hot pitch being poured onto its attackers. A sense of a fortress as metaphor emerged and out of that, after many re-writings and shifts in emphasis, came the haiku…… …….. and a couple of other poems: A Micro Poem:

The Middle

The Centre

The Source

And:

Strong fortress

Defended with the hot pitch of bitter revenge

Only time cools

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These poems hark back to darker times – many many years ago and all over and done with now, I’m glad to say! I have enjoyed this blog as a positive zone, but Ronovan’s words sometimes push me into other areas of experience which I resisted at first, but creativity isn’t all about bright colours and beauty is it.

Balance and Flow.

To see what other photo challengers got up to this week: Jamie, Cathy, Erika, and Melissa (with added Haiku), animals featuring in all four – very cute! and Garry.

And some sister Haiku from Nato

And click here for Ronovan’s Review of all the Haiku entries.

For more pictures of Bodiam Castle click here