Crimson Shadows
written by: Veronika Zora
from the throat
of a peacock
crimson shadows
dressed up like a car crash Venus
feeling its stench
as it sickens and dies
tomorrow’s wind
lost in its emptiness …
a crow’s caw
dragon, your dance!
even the stars hold
their breath
Veronika Zora has been creating short form Japanese poetry since 2012. Her work includes haiku, stand-alone hokku, tanka, photo-haiga, taiga and haibun. Veronika's poetic endeavours are published in highly acclaimed print journals and online journals including The Mainichi Press, Under the Bashō, Akitsu Quarterly, Scarlet Dragonfly, Daily Haiga, Heliosparrow, Moonbathing and many more. Her haiku has won awards and certificates. Veronika is also published in several haiku anthologies.
