Challenge
Summer-into-Fall Prose. Wrap-up Challenge
In five haikus, tell a story about the cycle of life. Start with being born, then so forth. Because this is absorbing the entirety of all Prose. Challenges until October's start, we're giving the winner $250. Winner is decided by a combination of likes, and our panel. And...Go.
Ten Steps
Primordial soup,
Ocean of wisdom churned
Cosmic secrets free.
Earth atop tusk,
Half-dark, half-light, endless fight,
Conquering worlds.
Ax, bow, and plough,
drench the soil, find the way
Order from the fray.
Dusky love's hue,
Cowherd's flute in skies anew,
Peace and love to all.
Dark horse, prophetic,
Karmic click, world's end, poetic,
Another new beginning.
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Context:
These haiku refer to the Dashavatara of Vishnu, the concept of which is reflective of evolution and the cycle of life in Hindu Mythology.