
fragrance
free of wind
flower
winged flower
flutters on the breeze
butterfly
small spot in large world
soft purple petals call loud
stop, rest a moment
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This was written for Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge. This week we were given a photo by Lisa Smith Nelson to use for an ekphrastic poem. I chose to write an interlinked series of three hiakus, using forms 2-3-2, 3-5-3 and 5-7-5. And, of course, I used a little alliteration…