Three Haiku

This is a place where once a week original poetry will be posted. Sometimes the author will explain the poem, sometimes the poem will be left to explain itself.

These are three haikus I wrote. Do they provoke any thoughts or responses of your own?

Magnificent Tree

Magnificent tree

Felled before its time. An HOA.

Tragedy. Sadly.

Strait-jacket beliefs

Strait-jacket beliefs

Lock my thinking, arms behind

The key to free? Query.

Night Departs

Night departs, day starts

Two dogs lie on my old couch

Hoping we’ll go out.

Reading The Art of Pausing , by Judith Valente , Brother Paul Quenon , and Michael Bever , and writing a haiku, has become a daily practice for me. The authors recommend this, and I have found it in the few short weeks I have been doing this, a meaningful activity when paired with reading a daily haiku and narrative from the book.

I’m not a trained poet, but I don’t think poetry has to be created by an MFA graduate to be meaningful, and certainly meaningful to the author.

If you are interested in this poetic form, I highly recommend the work in The Art of Pausing . So, so good.

What Is Haiku?

Three lines. Five syllables the first line. Seven syllables the second line. Five syllables the third line. They aren't supposed to rhyme, but of course why have rules if you can't break them once in a while.

More about haiku here.

It can be so beautiful. Take a look at some here.