Hemingway-inspired Haiku by Shane Huey

anxiously waiting
calm, soothing much as honey
a dram of whisky
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once steady hands shake
abstinence cost him the kill
the big cat unscathed
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marlin from the depths
bulls under the Spanish sun
writing is harder
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the nib dipped in soul
authenticity the key
just one true sentence
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life is to be lived
the sun, it sets and rises
youth, it slips away
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between life and death
that is where the living is
life is on the line
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they were unlucky
the marlin, they did not run
fishing to drink rum
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life written in ink
with the pen and the bottle
life lived in whisky
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lie in every truth
a good writer walks the line
truth in every lie


Shane Huey writes from his home in South Florida, where he resides with his wife and son. His works have appeared in Black Poppy Review, The Chamber Magazine, Raven Cage Zine, Purple Wall Stories, MONO., Open Leaf Press Review, Haiku Journal, and 50 Give or Take. He is also editor-in-chief of The Whisky Blot literary journal.