Just finished chatting with 'C' and observed that it is close to three weeks since the last post here.
He suggested a haiku....
Must do some research:
The haiku is a Japanese verse in three lines. Line one has 5 syllables, line 2 has 7 syllables and line three has 5 syllables.
Haiku is a mood poem and it doesn't use any metaphors or similes.
No metaphors? No similes!?? How does anyone convey an idea under those restrictions???
one word speaks clearly
passionate yet sexless now
heart and mind are one
all day the snow falls
ReplyDeletemy world turns suddenly white
hibernating under duvet
Yours is better...
a grey world turns white
Deletespirits lift and brighten me
warm thoughts surround us
A girl could get to like this haiku thing! :-)
Stay warm Caroline.
Traditional haiku has a nature theme, and a break or turn at the end of the second stanza
ReplyDeleteWarm Winter Winds
cold sparrows circle
warm winds blow down valley low
mist over water
(c)kmd
We need to be careful here ladies. I can feel myself learning something today.
DeleteYou probably know that a day without something learned is a wasted day, IMHO.
Thank you Kathryn.
in haiku especially, show, don't tell! Here's my friend Alan's site. He does haiku his way.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.withwords.co.uk/
...I do them my way, you do them yours. :-)
..and Alan's site led me to Haijinx
Deletehttp://www.haijinx.org/
where I read
"“[t]he universal character of haiku may be due to the fact that they always contain a sense of humor, as well as scenes of nature and daily life, things appreciated by anybody.”
And the learning continues! Thanks Dru