Tag: haiku
member name: El Toro Bravo de Amor
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October 19, 2007 01:18 PM EDT --
intersection:
an airplane's shadow
runs the red light
I do not subscribe to the 575 English "form" That's . . .
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September 19, 2007 12:28 AM EDT --
I wrote these in the hospital after my clinical death episodes on 9/11.
For those just joining the program, details here
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977117073
flatline--- . . .
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October 19, 2007 01:14 PM EDT --
quiet, you can hear
the halo of raining dust
that surrounds each star
I do not subscribe to the 575 English "form". Thats for Japanese. But then they didn't . . .
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July 25, 2007 03:33 PM EDT --
smoke
stack
the
wind
tears
off
ghosts
english language haiku aren't dependant on syllables and line counts. this one would actually be ore "traditional" since Japanese haiku are . . .
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July 03, 2007 09:28 AM EDT --
The Haiku World was at one time almost solely a man's province. Thank God that's over. I don't know the stats for America but according to Makoto Ueda, 70% of modern day Japan's . . .
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May 06, 2008 11:59 AM EDT --
Nuns taught me haiku:
even now it burns
to break the rules
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July 18, 2007 11:28 AM EDT --
fly in amber:
forever
about to alight
You've seen the jewelry, maybe you even own some; an insect trapped inside the sap of an ancient tree. Wings still outstreched below a sun that shone . . .
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July 25, 2007 11:23 PM EDT --
stepping stones:
the mountain brook filled
with summer clouds
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July 31, 2007 11:01 PM EDT --
deadline:
a worn bar of light below
the office door
freight yard:
smoke from the train
eclipses the moon
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August 07, 2007 11:04 AM EDT --
last night's darkness
beneath my sleepless eyes
quarter moons
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August 13, 2007 09:18 AM EDT --
summer heat~
red sumac swirls
up the pine tree
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August 01, 2007 05:50 PM EDT --
an excerpt from her fine article about how to write haiku that addresses content and the 575 syllable misunderstanding
Definition of Haiku
"1) An unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence . . .
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June 26, 2007 10:13 AM EDT --
soft summer waves---
she lets my question
go unanswered
lawn sprinkler:
my wife waves from
the rainbow's end
razor:
scraping off
the hours I slept
blind man---
there's . . .
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June 30, 2007 07:53 PM EDT --
It isn't the number of syllables or the number of lines. Most modern english haiku no longer conform to the well meaning but misguided "575" rule we grew up with. An english . . .
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July 08, 2007 02:35 PM EDT --
pawn shop:
wedding ring
one half off
rummage sale---
darkness in the sleeves
of a dead man’s coat
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July 11, 2007 10:27 PM EDT --
Haiku poets of the past were expected to write one at the end of their days. Though it was considered "cheating", some wrote one in advance so they wouldn't get caught with something . . .
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July 11, 2007 10:33 PM EDT --
Pacific horizon:
a container ship
carries the moon
bright summer fog---
the clean white expectation
of the page
autumn road---
my shadow further along
than the rest of me
Grizzly . . .
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July 25, 2007 11:11 PM EDT --
dead man's curve---
a calligraphy of sparks
from the footpeg
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August 14, 2007 03:39 PM EDT --
pregnant neighbor:
the day moon low
above her house
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July 04, 2007 02:50 PM EDT --
In recent history you'd think of Guns N Roses, Courtney Love, Led Zeppelin. People you might rock out to but would'nt want to live next door or marry into your family. Flamboyant and wild characters . . .
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