Prison Dreaming

Carpe Diem Special Challenge:
Compose an all new haiku in the same spirit as Tomas Tranströmer’s “mother of stone” with a touch of romance

Night—a twelve-wheeler
goes by making the dreams of
the inmates shiver

The boy drinks his milk
and sleeps cozy in his cell,
a mother of stone

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Chains jangle
Throughout prison cells
Free to dream

Yearn to love
Metal stalls echo
Notching time

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© rgb for “On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea”, 2011 – 2014

Carpe Diem Special #117

Tomas Tranströmer’s
Mother of Stone

Night—a twelve-wheeler
goes by making the dreams of
the inmates shiver

The boy drinks his milk
and sleeps cozy in his cell,
a mother of stone

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