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Friday, April 17, 2015

Transforming Fridays with Nature's Wonders

Hello! Welcome to day seventeen of poem-a-day for the month of April – congratulations to everyone participating in this writing – reading – poetry-loving event!

And because it’s National Poetry Month I’d like to take the time to feature a form that is particular to the expression of nature – we’ll celebrate and recognize haiku today because today is NATIONAL HAIKU POETRY DAY –April 17!!

We’ll speak in the tongue of nature…any facet of the wild-natural-world that we choose. Express your poetry today in the traditional style of haiku or step into a modern manifestation of haiku in English.

The most well-known Japanese haiku:


old pond . . .
a frog leaps in
water's sound

Bashō's "old pond":


And one from the haiku movement in North America:


Snow in my shoe
Abandoned
Sparrow's nest
Jack Kerouac (collected in Book of Haikus, Penguin Books, 2003)


Feel free to be expansive in your choice of POV explore a different voice, (is there a plant or animal that would like to be the breath of your poem today). Sight-see and bring us the place of your choosing, (include an images if you wish).

If you'd like – write a series of haiku and chain them together or craft a singular vision. Have fun and sink into the skin of this amazing ancient and modern form.

 I’m attempting to keep this post brief but please, stopover to the links I’ve provided for further explanations on the holiday and the haiku form itself.

The poetry you link today must be haiku, and must be new – written specifically for this post. Thank you!

Please, add your link to Mr. Linky, leave a comment and visit your syllable-counting nature-loving friends!

Happy writing! 
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19 comments:

  1. Magaly GuerreroApril 17, 2015 at 1:22 AM

    I was going to skip today. But how could I? Not on National Haiku Poetry Day! One must always celebrate a holiday one just discovered. ;-D

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  2. Sumana RoyApril 17, 2015 at 2:24 AM

    so glad to learn about National Haiku Poetry Day...posted mine :)

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  3. HannahApril 17, 2015 at 4:54 AM

    So happy to see these early offerings! Thank you and I look forward to visiting others today. :)

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  4. Sanaa RizviApril 17, 2015 at 5:07 AM

    Hello Everyone,

    Hope you all like my haiku :D

    Thank you Hannah for enlightening us about National Haiku Poetry Day and for giving us this opportunity :D

    Enjoy the weekend :)
    xoxo

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  5. brudbergApril 17, 2015 at 5:49 AM

    I wrote a haiku today for another prompt.. not completely acceptable in terms of kigo and nature, but maybe thought-provoking.

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  6. MarianApril 17, 2015 at 5:54 AM

    FUN fun fun fun! Fun!

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  7. Kerry O'ConnorApril 17, 2015 at 7:46 AM

    I set my grade 8 class a haiku assignment for the weekend, without knowing today was haiku day. How cool is that?

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  8. Susie ClevengerApril 17, 2015 at 10:07 AM

    I haven't written haiku in a while. Happy to celebrate haiku day!

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  9. Other MaryApril 17, 2015 at 10:11 AM

    This is a great idea! I'm so glad it's not National Epic Poem Day! lol

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  10. Buddah MoskowitzApril 17, 2015 at 10:57 AM

    Here's my modest offering.

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  11. HannahApril 17, 2015 at 11:24 AM

    That IS cool, Kerry! I love that kind of serendipity!

    Thank you, everyone for your haiku!! :)

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  12. GailApril 17, 2015 at 11:25 AM

    I attempted it but did a 5/7/5.

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  13. Jennifer WagnerApril 17, 2015 at 1:23 PM

    Thanks for this, Hannah! LOL @ Other Mary's comment--me too!

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  14. MargaretApril 17, 2015 at 2:53 PM

    Back after about a 3 week break. I've missed the Garden!

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  15. JimApril 17, 2015 at 3:49 PM

    This was fun, Hannah. I like writing them because they can be short, a little longer (tanka) or as long as you wish (serial three liners). Most of mine are Senryū.
    ..

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  16. FireblossomApril 17, 2015 at 5:29 PM

    Haiku. Oh dear.

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  17. OutlawyerApril 17, 2015 at 7:34 PM

    Hey, sweet prompt, Hannah! K.

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  18. grapelingApril 17, 2015 at 10:08 PM

    I knew this would be Shay's favorite prompt. :)

    Thanks for the prompt, Hannah ~

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  19. EllaApril 17, 2015 at 10:25 PM

    Hello Hannah! Sorry I am late...phew, posted it before midnight~ Happy Weekend, Toads

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