Children dodge raindrops
Men get rained on.
Both get wet.
Who is the wiser?
The children are tired and wet. Old men are just wt.
Just Me
Children dodge raindrops
Men get rained on.
Both get wet.
Who is the wiser?
The children are tired and wet. Old men are just wt.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
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Fleeing Visions
dark shadows, death waits
sun burst upon bright new dawn
moonlight on lake shore
Robert J. Lindley,
Haiku, ( Contrasts, Glimmering Lights)
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Normal Suspense
dead spider, old web
raindrop soaked earth, dawn's slight chill
race car, four tires blown
Robert J. Lindley
Haiku, (Such is Life)
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Vanished
one silent moment
horses upon distant hills
empty prairie breeze
Robert J. Lindley, 5-02-2018
Haiku
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Seen and Scenes
two old red tractors
orchard, trees and red apples
desert cacti blooms
Robert J. Lindley, 5-03-2018
Haiku
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Beautiful
two dogs fast asleep
clouds in a dark stormy sky
dawn's breeze soothes the soul
Robert J. Lindley, 5-08-2018
Haiku
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Time, And Reality
old dry riverbed
broken limb, hard frozen ground
sun-perch, ocean breeze
Robert J. Lindley, 5-30-2018
Haiku, ( Discovery )
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As The Wind Blows
seven broken jars
red barn full of dead tractors
night, brightest full moon
Robert J. Lindley, 5-31-2018
Haiku, ( Contemplation of The Past)
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Time and Its Sad Afterglows
porch swing, one old dog
green pasture and fallen barn
dawn's light, empty house
Robert J. Lindley, 6-11-2018
Haiku
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Looking for a hero
Is this Haiku?
Mother Nature
Eagle soars above
Bobcat chases jackrabbit
Life in the desert
Sassylady
June 11, 2018
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.
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Not only is that a Haiku, but it is also a top class Haiku.Originally Posted by SassyLady
One accepted and written in English form , which by definition does not meet the strictest form that the Japanese use.
I use the exact same form as you just did my very talented friend.
This shows that your poetic talent is definitely top class level and in my opinion you should write more, as it is a gift one should share with the world...
A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
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Haiku: Poetic Form | Academy of American Poets
https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/haiku-poetic-form
A traditional Japanese haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. Often focusing on images from nature, haiku emphasizes simplicity, intensity, and directness of expression.
Haiku began in thirteenth-century Japan as the opening phrase of renga, an oral poem, generally 100 stanzas long, which was also composed syllabically. The much shorter haiku broke away from renga in the sixteenth-century, and was mastered a century later by Matsuo Basho, who wrote this classic haiku:
An old pond!
A frog jumps in—
the sound of water.
Among the greatest traditional haiku poets are Basho, Yosa Buson, Kobayashi Issa, and Masaoka Shiki. Modern poets interested in the form include Robert Hass, Paul Muldoon, and Anselm Hollo, whose poem “5 & 7 & 5” includes the following stanza:
round lumps of cells grow
up to love porridge later
become The Supremes
Haiku was traditionally written in the present tense and focused on associations between images. There was a pause at the end of the first or second line, and a “season word," or kigo, specified the time of year.
As the form has evolved, many of these rules—including the 5/7/5 practice—have been routinely broken. However, the philosophy of haiku has been preserved: the focus on a brief moment in time; a use of provocative, colorful images; an ability to be read in one breath; and a sense of sudden enlightenment and illumination.
This philosophy influenced poet Ezra Pound, who noted the power of haiku’s brevity and juxtaposed images. He wrote, “The image itself is speech. The image is the word beyond formulated language.” The influence of haiku on Pound is most evident in his poem “In a Station of the Metro," which began as a thirty-line poem, but was eventually pared down to two:
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
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Looking for a hero
Thank you!
Instinct
Child is crying, hurt
Maternal instinct, running
Kisses and hugs, love
SassyLady
June 12, 2018
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.
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Looking for a hero
Adventure?
Sweaty hands, muggy
Dank smell, moss dangling above
Gliding through the swamp
Sassylady
June 12, 2018
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.
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My friend, you write some awesome Haiku. You definitely have a poet's heart, soul and mind!---Tyr
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As The World Turns
dawn's break, fallen bird
sunset, distant hills aglow
midnight news report
Robert J. Lindley, 6-13-2018
Haiku
18 U.S. Code § 2381-Treason Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
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