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Haiku Anyone?
The other night at Refresh Rhyme Scheme's Poetry Night at Sandrini's I was talking to my friend, Coryn McBride, about writing practices, artistic practices and the like. One of my favorite ways to "warm up" or practice is to use the sacred art form of haiku. I am not a haiku traditionalist, although I have studied the art to a certain extent... I just love the freedom of expression within its seventeen syllable container. I have been having such fun with my new camera, snapping shots of everything everywhere that I kind of put two-and-two together and thought, "What if we wrote a haiku a day?" and then "Well, sometimes people get stuck in not knowing what to write about... so, what then?" So I thought, "witness the moment in a photo..." so here I am, with a photo and a haiku I just breathed in and out... and an invitation to try it out for yourself. Simply look at the photo and then write a three line haiku - the first line is five syllables, the second is seven syllables and the third line is five syllables... seventeen... or about the length of an inhale and an exhale. Here is my haiku: Power lines block God - -
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posted by
HelenRAcosta
on Jul 12, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Divine Rolling StoneBursts through a gloom-clouded sky Can you see the lips? posted by
JulieJordanScott
on Jul 12, 2007 at 12:45 PM
ohhh.. Helen. No pun intended at first, but that ROCKS! Yes, I do see it!
posted by
twinkie
on Jul 12, 2007 at 04:04 PM
hmmmm I"ve never written a Haiku so don't laugh too hard if I screwed it up, ok? But here it goes Behind liquor stores and cheap used car lots lurks the beauty of love
posted by
JulieJordanScott
on Jul 12, 2007 at 04:42 PM
Clear and compelling Twinkie's first haiku ever Hear the heart applause.... posted by
anonymous
on Jul 12, 2007 at 07:33 PM
Your spotlight on me
God of me what do You want? Fear surrounds me, HELP posted by
JulieJordanScott
on Jul 13, 2007 at 10:04 AM
Anonymous - Your haiku is beautiful. So filled with inquiry - which is what the sacredness of this form can do for us. Look at the light in the photo, the light shed on this "ordinary" scene. When you breathe into the light, allow your muscles to relax. Keep breathing and letting go of that tension created by fear. Just sit there, look at the light in the photo and breathe for a couple moments. What comes up then? Write, even those 17 syllables. Inhale, exhale, look, write. posted by
anonymous
on Jul 13, 2007 at 11:10 AM
Celestial fire -Vanessa posted by
JulieJordanScott
on Jul 15, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Mmmm. The energy is palpable in this one. THANK YOU!
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