Following here you will find a whimsical poem entitled “Heartbreaker”, and humorous haiku entitled “The Color of Love”, each inspired by this Kyknoord illustration, which is offered as a visual prompt at “readwritepoem”.
Heartbreaker
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this is a broken heart you see
this broken heart belongs to me
it once was vital whole and strong
‘till one day beauty came along
she reached in and stole my heart
but fickle beauty did depart
she’d found a better heart she said
and left mine hanging by a thread
my heart grew heavy with her farewell
my heart-thread snapped and down it fell
my fragile heart crashed to the ground
pieces shattered all around
I’ve tried hard to make it whole again
but I’m not sure how, and can’t say when
so it’s still a broken heart you see
a broken heart that belongs to me
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The Color of Love
A HAIKU
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May, the month of love
red, the color of love — yikes
I’m touching my heart
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“Heartbreaker” and “The Color of Love” written by: rob kistner © 2008
Somehow it makes me think of Humpty Dumpty. All the kings horses… However, better to have a broken heart than no heart at all!
Annette –
It is whimsically Humptyesque, but Mr. Dumpty had a broken ‘head’ — far more life threatening than a broken heart… but perhaps not as ultimately painful.
Thank you for visiting… 😉
…rob
Funny how you mentioned Humpty Dumpty. I was thinking of nursery rhymes when I read this poem! LOL
Heartbreaks are far more serious, but what you wrote makes light of the situation so it won’t be as painful!! 😉
Thanks for sharing and for visiting my poetry journal!
Lotus
A-Lotus –
You are welcome, I enjoyed my visit… 😉