Haiku, anyone? Date: Oct 16, 2009 7:20:20 AM PDT Author: Rebecca Anyone else enjoy haiku? If you're new to haiku, it's a three line poem. The first line has five syllables, the second seven, and the third five. The tradition is for haiku to reference nature, but modern haiku can be about any subject. unmodernverse.blogspot.com / marvelous-misadventures.blogspot.com / thesofachronicles.blogspot.com / rfhphotography.blogspot.com   Reply to this Post

A cruel mistress Date: Oct 16, 2009 7:20:59 AM PDT Author: Rebecca Haiku obsession Why do you torture me so? Always one word short. unmodernverse.blogspot.com / marvelous-misadventures.blogspot.com / thesofachronicles.blogspot.com / rfhphotography.blogspot.com Last modified by Rebecca on Oct 16 2009 7:28AM   Reply to this Post

A cruel mistress Date: Oct 18, 2009 6:42:44 AM PDT Author: Susan Lawson Fun! Thanks for posting this idea, and your haiku offering further illuminates the nature of the prompt. Very clever. I'll have to give this one some thought and post some of my own. Susan Lawson   Reply to this Post

Autumn Date: Oct 18, 2009 10:39:52 AM PDT Author: Rebecca Green mask slips away To reveal the hidden self Golden song of praise unmodernverse.blogspot.com / marvelous-misadventures.blogspot.com / thesofachronicles.blogspot.com / rfhphotography.blogspot.com   Reply to this Post

Squirrel Haiku Date: Nov 1, 2009 9:10:06 AM PST Author: Susan Lawson Finally my head has cleared so I can do this! I know Haiku doesn't typically have multiple stanzas, but they kept coming. Here goes... Squirrel Haiku Does he see me see him dig his secret dinner from my grass and smile? How to plant seeds so they feast me but do not grow? Maybe the nut knows. He dances the dirt as at my window I spy-- this watch, the day's gift. Susan Lawson Last modified by Susan Lawson on Nov 1 2009 10:01AM   Reply to this Post

Re: Squirrel haiku Date: Nov 1, 2009 12:20:20 PM PST Author: Rebecca I love the vivid image you've painted! I can just see the narrator watching out his/her window. My favorite line is the one about "his secret dinner". It totally captures how squirrels are jumpy and secretive about their stashes of food. unmodernverse.blogspot.com / marvelous-misadventures.blogspot.com / thesofachronicles.blogspot.com / rfhphotography.blogspot.com   Reply to this Post

Autumn Date: Nov 1, 2009 8:32:18 PM PST Author: Susan Lawson I always love the recognition of cycles. Here it is the green of summer giving way to the gold of the hidden self--very evocative and TRUE. We ARE a cycle, each season revealing, if we are lucky, its own reward, though (for my own part) we don't always see it that way at first. Susan Lawson   Reply to this Post

New Orleans Date: Nov 11, 2009 9:02:36 AM PST Author: Rebecca Big river rolls by Mossy oaks dance in warm breeze The bayou awaits unmodernverse.blogspot.com / marvelous-misadventures.blogspot.com / thesofachronicles.blogspot.com / rfhphotography.blogspot.com   Reply to this Post

New Orleans Date: Nov 12, 2009 9:33:08 PM PST Author: Susan Lawson "The bayou awaits" is full of such mystery. The swamp, whether it's in New Orleans or Indiana, is full of such potential for life. There is such an expectancy in these few lines, an anticipation... Susan Lawson   Reply to this Post

Life Date: Nov 28, 2009 11:42:12 AM PST Author: Rebecca The unexpected crept in while I was asleep. So much for my plans. unmodernverse.blogspot.com / marvelous-misadventures.blogspot.com / thesofachronicles.blogspot.com / rfhphotography.blogspot.com   Reply to this Post