A Whales Tale – The Japanese Spin
clear / picture / —revealed surprise / —withheld / exclamation not syllable / count / —beat essential / —every / word
Haiku, traditionally of nature but now contemporary tends to be accepted. Many confuse the 5-7-5 structure to mean syllable, it’s not it means beat. Counts are guide only and as few as you can get away with to lead with two lines and reveal with the other. A haiku is three lines but several -usually three can be joined to make a chain these should stand alone as well as in chain. There are other takes on haiku which have slight variation on the form.
The Water Is Light…
A original Haiku I wrote about water and life
The drummer summons his energy, filling his body as …
Don’t look over my shoulder
I wrote this at the library. I know I know I only know how to do western haikus. It’s as close as I’m gunna get.
Soft silky eyes / cracked desire
An effort to try my hand at this japanses form of poetry
Some serious consumers of amber beverage stayed sober enough to rename it Heaven in the desert.
Back again in Ockerroo where it seems sergeant Clappers Clarke, suffering a mild case of outback troppo disease, is going investment mental over the arrival of a bloke called Joe Mitsubishi…Big things are about to happen in the one dunny town of Ockerroo and it has nothing to do with emus.
Images flash throughout different corners of his mind. His story begins. The earth underneath looked troubled, but he pressed on any …
This is a tidbit of my story.. the first episode/chapter of my manga, novel. / I hope you like it. Comments are much appreciated and tips on writing as well. thanks
Buddha / and Mona Lisa / - same smile.
Road edge / on the uprooted tree / a bunch of flowers.
Job interview / between the recruiter’s teeth / a piece of salad.
Sat on a bench / her dog in arms / she cries.
Siesta - / I am the favorite pillow / of my cat.
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The light at the end of the tunnel / surrounds the tunnel as well…
This is a form of Japanese poetry called a Monoku. i love them, they are one of my favorite forms of poetry, as they say so much truth with so few words; much like the haiku, which is also a favorite of mine. / They are for the reader to interpret in their own way. :)
the night is all mine. / i lay in lush, dew soaked grass - / hands for a pillow - / my earthbound home forgotten / as I hitch a ride with sta…
This is a tanka (Japanese style of poetry) I wrote last year; it is one of my favorites, as I am a HUGE huge stargazer. LOVE it. :)
In an exposition of Japanese Art a Bonsai was the main attraction A dwarfed tree with it’s roots cut out forced in a small pot w…
The theme for my son Eric’s first grade graduation was Bonsais. The teacher asked for a few poems and then one especially to go with the theme. Since I had some Bonsais and they were my pride and joy, I was ready to start writing until she told me something that struck me dead to my fee. She said, “When you write this poem, think of the children as Bonsais.” So, this is the message I got through with the Bonsai.
Springtime Haiku
This is the first time I have done one of these. / Thank you Jane (One perfectkiss) for the inspiration. / If I’ve got it wrong let me know!
Springtime blossoms bloom / Carpets green shades of pink snow / brightens drab grey town
This haiku works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
White petals pirouette / about my twirling frame; / a blue heron flies / towards his existence – / we meet within clouds © Kristin R…
a Japanese Tanka. :)
Languidly draped mind / wrapped gently around warm sand, / palm trees whisper, come, / as I dip my toes into / the vast ocean of my dreams… / ...
just a little feel good Tanka. :) / God bless the dreamers…
i’m lost as to what / words want from the likes of me. / i’m just not that good. / clearly, there’s been some mistake; / why choose a ghost t…
Tanka sequence on why I bother continuing to write poetry when there are others who can convey the great secrets so much better than I.
what is in a name / if not the essence of all – / being keepers of our art? the whispers of green, / how it embraces the leaf, ...
A choka (Japanese poetry form, like a haiku which can be 5/7/7 or 5/7/5 written as a sequence)I wrote these as 5/7/7. / This is about one’s name, and how it holds the essence of the soul of the being itself.
Mountain ermitage / alone and possessing nothing / - just happiness. * Mountain Ermitage / sharing my bedroom with / dormices and spide…
haïku
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