Haiku is a three-line Japanese poem. It is usually in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Focusing on images from nature, a haiku is often direct, simple and intense. Many bloggers include haikus in their blogs: Namrata D. Prabhakar’s In the World of Thought is one such blogger.
Gently weeping rain
Cleanses sky and soul alike
Water begat life
by Equipsblog
Atlas Obscura shares a Haiku Pathway in Santa Fe, New Mexico. At the Santa Fe Community College, 36 stones are etched with a haiku from either a student or notable New Mexican poets.
“The Haiku Pathway was created by artist Christy Hengst and poet Miriam Sagan, the project’s poetry curator. The mix of poems (some using a more contemporary form that doesn’t strictly adhere to the 5/7/5 syllable form) describe the site’s surroundings, from mountains to student life, but are also a mix of whimsy, reflection, and humor.”
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It wasn’t until I began blogging that I was really introduced to haiku and I do like their elegance and simplicity – though the quote above is very amusing as I do sometimes have to puzzle over their meaning! Yours is beautiful, love the ‘gently weeping rain’.
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Thanks Andrea. I wrote it a few years ago and am still rather fond it of. I like haikus — some of them are beautiful and some of them are puzzling. A microcosm of poetry in general.
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