Haiku
May 4, 2021 13:34:26 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
Island sunrise
A light already on
In somebody's window.
Kristen Lindquist
Poet, naturalist, Mid-coast Maine downeaster tourist rental booker, accountant, and friend.
I should've asked her permission before posting her haiku here, but I'm pretty sure I know how she'd respond.... Long story short, she was featured in a pod cast I was alerted to, and listened to this morning. Along with the interview she gave, she read a number of her works; the first of which is relayed above. I sent her this image a short while later, and received her emailed reply. Many here in this Forum --the birders in particular-- would be quite amazed at some of the images she's likewise captured with a camera.
A light already on
In somebody's window.
Kristen Lindquist
Poet, naturalist, Mid-coast Maine downeaster tourist rental booker, accountant, and friend.
I should've asked her permission before posting her haiku here, but I'm pretty sure I know how she'd respond.... Long story short, she was featured in a pod cast I was alerted to, and listened to this morning. Along with the interview she gave, she read a number of her works; the first of which is relayed above. I sent her this image a short while later, and received her emailed reply. Many here in this Forum --the birders in particular-- would be quite amazed at some of the images she's likewise captured with a camera.
May 4, 2021 14:50:34 #
Interesting photo. But technically, her poem is not a haiku.
From Wikipedia: Haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a kireji, or "cutting word", 17 on in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a kigo, or seasonal reference. Similar poems that do not adhere to these rules are generally classified as senryū.
From Wikipedia: Haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a kireji, or "cutting word", 17 on in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a kigo, or seasonal reference. Similar poems that do not adhere to these rules are generally classified as senryū.
May 4, 2021 15:28:31 #
May 4, 2021 17:48:31 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
Just Fred wrote:
Interesting photo. But technically, her poem is not a haiku.
From Wikipedia: Haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a kireji, or "cutting word", 17 on in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a kigo, or seasonal reference. Similar poems that do not adhere to these rules are generally classified as senryū.
From Wikipedia: Haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a kireji, or "cutting word", 17 on in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a kigo, or seasonal reference. Similar poems that do not adhere to these rules are generally classified as senryū.
Thanks for the Wikipedia clarification. Maybe I transcribed the piece incorrectly (from my recollection of her reading on the podcast) and accidently left a word or syllable out in the first line. Goes to show I should in fact have conferred with her before posting.
In any event, I also recall a bit in the podcast where the interviewer asked about some common misconceptions perpetuated by newcomers to haiku. Among other minor issues, Kristin replied briefly by mentioning that the 5/7/5 pattern is not necessarily written in stone, and that long time practitioners of the form often use other syllable counts and sometimes, alternate ways that this factually naturalistic form can, and not uncommonlly is, written. Since she is both a long time practitioner and a teacher (of sorts, at Writer's conferences, as an ad hoc guest author/lecturer at colleges, and such) of the Form, and since my 'knowledge' of haiku is limited, I'd defer to her description, use and creation of haiku over that that's written on Wiki.
May 5, 2021 10:20:45 #
May 5, 2021 15:56:54 #
Nice job- good combo of image with “one breath poem” however one may wish to term it!
Dave
Dave
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