Haiku, Micropoetry, Poetry, Poetry Comparisons, Tanka, Writing

Crimson Gate (Version 1 and 2)

For today, I have two slightly different versions of the same poem! The first version is a haiku, while the second is a tanka poem. As such, they are of differing length, and phrases/words have been added and rearranged in each poem. However, I wrote both based on the same theme and ideas.

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Anime, Dark, Freestyle, Horror, Poetry, Writing

When the Cicadas Cry

Within a broken mind, The shrill cries of cicadas echo Against crumbling ivory bone The cicadas keep crooning, Even in the desolate spaces Where only silence exists Can you hear them?