POEM STARTER

Submitted by Peyton Headrick

Write a Haiku expressing the paradox of trust, being capable of great beauty and great harm.

How will you use this very short poetic form to portray such a concept?

Nightwalker

Poetry

Horror

I opened my heart.

Golden light warmed for a breath—

then burned into scars.

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S.D. Carrick

Dr. Carrick is a writer of speculative fiction and nonfiction on teaching. He is currently revising a science fiction novel and drafting a book on writing instruction. When not writing, he studies language, history, and the art of storytelling.

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