(Haiku Erasure of Lord Byron's "Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull") Start spirit; behold the skull. A living head loved earth. My bones resign. the worm, lips to hold sparkling grape's slimy circle, shape of reptile's food. Where wit shone of shine, when our brains are substitute, like me, with the dead, life's little, our heads sad.

(Haiku Erasure of Lord Byron's 'Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull') Start spirit; behold the skull. A living head loved earth. My bones resign the worm, lips to hold sparkling grape's slimy circle, shape of reptile's food. Where wit shone of shine, when our brains are substitute, like me, with the dead, life's little, our heads sad.

the skull. A living head loved - PERSONIFICATION-SYMBOL earth. My bones resign the worm, lips to hold sparkling grape’s slimy circle, - ALLITERATION shape of reptile’s food. Where wit shone of shine, - ALLITERATION when our brains are substitute, like me, with the dead, life’s little, our heads - ALLITERATION

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Lines on a Skull (Haiku Erasure of Lord Byron's 'Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull') Start spirit; behold the skull. A living head loved earth.

Feb 3, 2025 · A slightly darker take on the art of haiku, “ Lines on a Skull ” is inspired by Lord Byron’s “ Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup formed from a Skull. ” Poet Ravi Shankar distills this late seventeenth-century poet’s words into a more modern, potent, and visceral version.

(Haiku Erasure of Lord Byron's "Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull") Start spirit; behold the skull. A living head loved earth. My bones resign. the worm, lips to hold sparkling grape's slimy circle, shape of reptile's food. Where wit shone of shine, when our brains are substitute, like me, with the dead, life's little, our heads sad.

(Haiku Erasure of Lord Byron's "Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed from a Skull") Start spirit; behold the skull. A living head loved earth. My bones resign. the worm, lips to hold sparkling grape's slimy circle, shape of reptile's food. Where wit shone of shine, when our brains are substitute, like me, with the dead, life's little, our heads sad.

Apr 30, 2023 · Lines on a Skull, by Ravi Shankar. life’s little, our heads. sad. Redeemed and wasting clay. this chance. Be of use.

The poem "Lines on a Skull" by Ravi Shankar is composed of haiku stanzas that follow the traditional haiku format of three lines with 5-7-5 syllables. The theme is about how life is short and people should make the most of it before death. The mood is dark and sad, using imagery of skulls and bones.