December 18, 2007

Day 18: Haiku

It's always fun to try a hand at something so small, I think. While the true haiku is something I don't claim to fully understand, I like adopting and adapting traditional poetic forms, even if I only know little of their backgrounds, just to get creativity flowing. That's the great thing about poetry—all the poetic liberties!

I am drawn to a part in the Wikipedia article that talks about how American poets adopted the haiku—Beats and Imagists, among others (scroll down to the "The budding of American haiku" heading).

If you have a minute, browse a bit here or here. And if you know of other cool haiku sites, please share them!

5 comments:

jana said...

this is as close to haiku as I will get today:

today I am cozied up on my velvet purple couch
drinking ginger peach tea with milk
two kitties curled at my side
wearing a woolly scarf handmade by a friend
contemplating the most beautiful color of blue that is the sky outside of my window.

Deborah said...

(yawn)

I'd jot a little
poem but it'll have to wait
a bit and tittle

Anonymous said...

Pale moon and palm trees
Reflected in mirrored pool
Hula sinuously.

Brooke said...

Stepped outside today
The openness of the sky
Whirled around, cosmic

Liz the Poet said...

The sun is shining
warm air breezing through my hair
Christmas in So. Cal.