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Wind catches the yellow sail of the tulip

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Yellow haiku

Wind catches the yellow sail of the tulip

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A word about haiku - MS James

A word about haiku - by Michael James I believe there are a few basic precepts about haiku that are largely overlooked, or just flat out just not taught in most basic literary (poetic) courses. Everyone seems to know that a haiku is supposed to be written in the structure of 5-7-5 syllables per line respectively, but there is much more going on than just a simple syllable constraint. I shall attempt to give a brief overview of the main points about haiku. First off, the 5-7-5 syllable structure most often cited as being the sole 'structural rule' of haiku is based on the original Japanese constraint. However, the Japanese language and more

Learning about Haiku

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Roddy McDowall Meets Thales

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Gay Rights Stamp

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Poetry

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Haikuwrimo August Challenge

No:1 Introduction Anticipation Thoughts begin to coalesce Words slowly emerge. Numbers 2 - 11 theme flowers No: 2 Perfume The smell of Jasmine Clings softly to warm night air Silver moon fragrant. No: 3 The Pond White passion flower Grows wild in countryside hedge While calm pond stagnates. No: 4 The Reflection Beauty reflected Narcissus by still water Intoxicating. No: 5 Beauty From mud it emerged white Lotus flower of love Unsullied beauty. No: 6 Early morning Mushrooms spring from ground Deluge of rainfall last night Clean, fresh morning air. No: 7 Harvest Time Corn is ripening Old scarecrow stand's silent guard Head of straw

Haiku

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You've been on my mind...

Quite frankly, you're heavy. Get off.

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Spring Bash Haiku-thon

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Photography

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April Tanka Series 1

30. dancing muse I hum a love song for her, slightly off key 29. a sadness slowly drifting from me- sweetbay blossoms in the mayan blue sky 28. talking myself into missing her- the dead aunt who never spoke to me 27. stormy noon at her Shakespeare recital- I follow her voice beyond the words 26. World Tai Chi Day in the city park- everyone racing home after class 25. the restless cry of a rain crow- against my better judgment I tell her what I really think 24. spring moonrise I shift into the bed space of my night-mused lover 23. a moth held fast to the mantis bosom- his stepwife cradles the yo

Tanka

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Last Faerie

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beskesikparmak

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Haikuwrimo - Feb - 2009

` Feb 1st frowning moon and a lone tear— Venus rising Feb 2nd last night a super soup of fowl and steel! Feb 3rd rain, snow rain, snow only the groundhog knows Feb 4th many moons many cats both evade my grasp Feb 5th winter morning— barely enough snow to write about Feb 6th sixty degrees— between blades of grass the snowdrops huddle Feb 7th at the cabaret a chilled spine— winter moon Feb 8th blossomless— a season teases with a spring like day Feb 9th out of habit I grab my coat— Indian summer Feb 10th my cat works off her food— full moon Feb 11th no need for heat th

Enchiridion

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Must Try

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Sisters

In photos we look like a set of statuettes: pillar,          flame,                    and seed.

Senryu

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HaikuWriMo August 2013

1. Winter Sun red blood sunrise reflects onto fallen snow -- newly spilled. 2. In the Breeze wind rustles the clean cut grass like your hair. 3. Thunder Storms your skin smells of rain; nostalgia and tangled hair. 4. Beautiful Scars please, create empty ravines on my unblemished skin. 5. Rainbow Skies your tears are rainbows dripping from the sky. 6. Spring Fins little koi dart through clear water like hummingbirds in spring. 7. Wallflower a rose bloom sits perfectly still in your iris. 8. Unfocused water droplets spill onto leaves. unfocused galaxies. 9. In Between the Pages i took your heart and bottled it up; pressed flowe

August Haikuwrimo

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