Exactly right! I was waiting to meet my girlfriend for lunch and found myself kneeling over this popsicle stick. It was like a crime scene and it made me sad for the loss of children, the passing of time, and bad endings.
If this is your first, then you should keep going! As it’s such a short form, the words must be carefully chosen for impact, such as yours have been here.
Hi, Kate. I read this wonderful definition yesterday: “ A haiku uses just a few words to capture a moment and create a picture in the reader’s mind. It is like a tiny window into a scene much larger than itself.” And for the first time I was actually interested in taking a shot at haiku. Up until yesterday, I didn’t really understand it or like it. But some of Kerouac’s poems prompted me to try. I like the idea of short poetry on days when I am too busy and trying desperately to find even a minute to write!
Look up senryu, which is identical to a haiku, but with a different subject matter. And a tanka, which is a wee bit longer. All Japanese, but a little different. I enjoy all three forms.
Who would have thought a lollipop stick could be tragic?
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Exactly right! I was waiting to meet my girlfriend for lunch and found myself kneeling over this popsicle stick. It was like a crime scene and it made me sad for the loss of children, the passing of time, and bad endings.
This is my first haiku, inspired by an article I read that very morning about the brief poems of Jack Kerouac (https://briefpoems.wordpress.com/2017/05/29/the-taste-of-rain-american-haiku-by-jack-kerouac/amp/).
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If this is your first, then you should keep going! As it’s such a short form, the words must be carefully chosen for impact, such as yours have been here.
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Thanks for the encouragement!
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Well done…it’s not easy conveying a message in only three short lines, but you did it.
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Hi, Kate. I read this wonderful definition yesterday: “ A haiku uses just a few words to capture a moment and create a picture in the reader’s mind. It is like a tiny window into a scene much larger than itself.” And for the first time I was actually interested in taking a shot at haiku. Up until yesterday, I didn’t really understand it or like it. But some of Kerouac’s poems prompted me to try. I like the idea of short poetry on days when I am too busy and trying desperately to find even a minute to write!
https://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-a-haiku.html
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Look up senryu, which is identical to a haiku, but with a different subject matter. And a tanka, which is a wee bit longer. All Japanese, but a little different. I enjoy all three forms.
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I will! Thank you. This is all new territory for me.
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