Neighborly Fence-Talk
Five Haiku
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 months I have been writing them to be a meaningful activity when paired with reading a daily haiku and narrative from the book. Now I have added other books of haiku to my regular reading.
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.
So here are five haikus I have lately written.
If you are interested in this poetic form, I highly
recommend the work in
The Art of Pausing
. It is so good.
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.
Neighborly Fence-Talk
Neighborly fence-talk
While I fill my bird feeder
Two old men smiling
My Wife Goes Under
My wife goes under
The procedure lasts just minutes
But I'm still helpless
Coffee After-Taste
Coffee after-taste
Dirty, dusty, heated sip
I'll take another
My Thoughts Writhe Today
My thoughts writhe today
No, I cannot quiet them
So I sit and breathe.
Tiny Flowers All
Tiny flowers all
Blue, with blue butterflies too
My heart falls in love
Cover Photo Credit: Vincent J. Fortunato
