Seven Sisters Graced The Night
Daughters of Atlas
seven nymphs of Pleiades
Pleiones maidens
Maia the eldest
introvert isolation
earth goddess, mother
Electra shining
bright amber, Zeus coveted
blue star of Taurus
Alcyones grace
most brilliant of the seven
kingfisher nesting
Taygete hid
as deer among mountains
spurning great Zeus
Asteropes death
running from love, snake bite sting
river nymphs passing
Celaeno, star nymph
a dark one amongst seven
lost to the cluster
Merope ashamed
turned away from Sisyphus
bee-eater fading
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The artwork for the haiku can be found at
https://www.ryankeinathphotography.com/blog
Astrophotography
Great Greek references get me every time! Like the way “isolation /earth goddess” rolls off the tongue.
I love the structure, and the use of “graced” as verb.