Umbrage, Harry Potter Haiku
Trees’ cool, deep umbrage
Guards winding, secret trails. Run-
Dolores Umbridge.
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I found it interesting that umbrage has another meaning, besides “a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult”. Umbrage also means shade, shadow, shady branches – how beautiful – as well as hint, suspicion.
It was the shady meaning of umbrage that sparked this haiku.
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Text and Haiku © Patricia Furstenberg.
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