Echoes Of The Past
green moss, low fog dawn
windswept breeze through old willows
tombstone, cold alone
Robert J. Lindley, 4-22-2018
Haiku, ( Escaping Dreams)
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2018
Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
Echoes Of The Past
green moss, low fog dawn
windswept breeze through old willows
tombstone, cold alone
Robert J. Lindley, 4-22-2018
Haiku, ( Escaping Dreams)
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2018
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Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
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.
Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
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.
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.
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.
Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
Reflections
blood stained, long sharp knife
apple pie smell, window sill
snow covered forest
Robert J. Lindley, 9-07-2018
Haiku, ( a cool Spring day)
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2018
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Thatcherite Minion
Hi Tyr ... just tried to send you a PM. Looks like you'll need to have a bit of a clearout before I'm able to, though !
Best wishes .....
It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!
Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
For new contest--
Captcha is -- AEH
HAIKU AEH
apples, red in sun
evening's pallid shadows
horseshoe prints, old barn
my log in captcha was, AEH
Robert J. Lindley
Haiku
August 8, 2018
Syllable count 5,7,5, checked by,
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Haiku Captcha contest sponsored by Harry Horsman
Contest requirements-
Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .your login captcha.....and use the figures in order for the beginning of each line. If there is a number or three use the letter ---7=s, 8=e etc. The only exception is the letter x, which i'm making a wild card figure, in other words any letter, you choose. But the title must contain the x, as an example all title must be haiku abc or haiku wxx, haiku 123 which would become, ott, so what ever the captcha is must follow the title haiku, you need only put the date at the bottom of the poem,,,Oh and by the way, i'm relying on your honesty, to use the first captcha of your log in , Try and stay as original as possible to the true concept of the haiku, but i am flexible somewhat on borderline..This is my first contest for 5 years, I won't go in to reason why...Harry
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Last edited by Tyr-Ziu Saxnot; 08-07-2018 at 10:30 AM.
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.
Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
Deep Views
shovel, one small hole
rooftop view, ants far below
Forest, giant trees
Robert J. Lindley, 4-26-2018
Haiku, (Things Felt and Seen)
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2018
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.
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
Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
Where Light and Dark Part
windows, light fading
bright altar set to atone
dusty red crossroads
Robert J. Lindley, 6-17-2018
Haiku, ( Appearances and Deceptions)
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.
Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
Bright Summer Morn
ancient hammer
silent owl in old barn loft
children fast asleep
Robert J. Lindley, 2-27-2019
Haiku
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Summer At Lakeside Cottage
ravishing dessert
mud puddles on the dirt road
old picnic basket
Haiku
Robert J. Lindley, 3-16-2019
Last edited by Tyr-Ziu Saxnot; 03-16-2019 at 05:02 PM.
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.
Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
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.
Life, Love, Truth, 3 gems
Looking Ahead With A Much Keener Eye
forest, empty gun
fast horse, old broken saddle
distant mountain peaks
Robert J. Lindley,
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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Life’s harsh dealing
Our hearts’ compassion giving
Warrior standing
-for Robert
After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box - Author unknown
“Unfortunately, the truth is now whatever the media say it is”
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