We are discussing forms of poetry in our classroom this week. Tomorrow we learn about haiku and free verse. I went looking for some pieces I had published at Black Dahlia, which appears to be defunct.
So I'm re-posting (and thus archiving) the haiku here. If you are not familiar with the form, haiku (briefly) are short poems that use words to capture a feeling or image of nature, beauty, or a particular sensory moment.. They are usually written as three lines: the first contains 5 syllables, the second line 7 syllables, the third line 5 syllables.
So I'm re-posting (and thus archiving) the haiku here. If you are not familiar with the form, haiku (briefly) are short poems that use words to capture a feeling or image of nature, beauty, or a particular sensory moment.. They are usually written as three lines: the first contains 5 syllables, the second line 7 syllables, the third line 5 syllables.
black sky, winter night
the geese with their snowy wings
painting the full moon
empty cave, dry stream
long echoing pointlessly
come inside and weep
Mr. Jones removed
the old oak tree, foreclosing
Mr. Robin's home.
Willow's spring tresses
tangled, supple, alluring
belie wrinkled bark
teasing winds leap out
assaulting my umbrella
and lifting her skirts
Poor Mr. Robin!
ReplyDeletebeautiful haiku!
ReplyDeletenice haikus Lisa - and not always easy to write either...
ReplyDeleteplay bazaar
ReplyDeleteEvery week it's another opportunity to really make that work and figure out how to make it work better. And I love that it's like theater, too, and the audience, and it's so short. It's only Satta Bajar
. It's like a haiku or something.