Image: Bodiam Castle in Sussex, UK
Source: Licensed through Wikimedia Commons (here)
Mysterious, massive
monstrous, lording on peasants,
a power unit
Secured with a moat,
buoyed by its own tax structure
Lord of the manor
Personal army
with arbitrary powers
completes the picture
Takes much of one's time
Building castles in the air,
just an illusion
Written for Chev's haiku at CARPE DIEM #128 with prompt -castle-
smiles. i like castles...we can def build those illusions in the sky though...
ReplyDeleteCastles look grand, but yeah their cold I wouldn't want to stand. Built up walls, to hide from life's calls
ReplyDeleteSecure behind rocks
ReplyDeleteold gated community
no match for dragons
Cheers!
JzB
Did you have to mention dragons, JazzBumpa? They always seem to spoil whatever party they stumble into!
DeleteCastle Fence
Those kings who lived in those castles had no illusions. They were secure in their power weren't they? :) Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteAnd just how many of those kings are left now?
DeleteBuilding Sand Castles
You found my dream castle!
ReplyDeleteAloha
Illusion can be fun at times, but we really need to get out of it !!!
ReplyDeletelove that your first 3 haiku brought me to another place and time! that's an awesome image. and yes, at times daydreaming takes a great amount of time ^^ one of my fave pastimes
ReplyDeleteAll coercion is an illusion, I suppose - but it can be an effective one.
ReplyDeleteI was captured by
ReplyDeletethe last stanza tower
leading to the sky
The last haiku is my favorite :-)
ReplyDeleteCastles, moats, drawbridges - the stuff of fairy tales....great line - buoyed by its own tax structure....
ReplyDeleteHiding behind those walls isn't always a good thing
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