she's the most amazing sky.
nobody knows just how beautiful she is.
they think they know, but their is soo much more.
it's behind her sky-eyes, it's all there.
so today, i am a bird, i am the rain.
she's the most amazing sky.
nobody knows just how beautiful she is.
they think they know, but their is soo much more.
it's behind her sky-eyes, it's all there.
so today, i am a bird, i am the rain.
A torch of snow
fires across hungry trees.
Once as the sky
she folded into a mirror
that sent sparks between chrome.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
inside morning's smaller hours, wake me.
tell me secret dreams.
give me your mouth.
i'll show you our morning star.
eyes are candles now burnt bright.
inside morning's smaller hours, take me.
She reverted to touching the walls
the last of which ended unscratched.
She could write her life as those peels of paint;
layers of lives she will eventually know.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
good one miss Linda.
i laughed @ this.
reminded me of a time long ago.
Racing back to door, shoes-laces undone.
Winter air, lil boy's nose running.
Thanks mom, off thru melting snow puddles dashing feet.
Cold soggy toes now.
(to be continued)
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Could you give me an example? Do you mean trade off this site or on the site? I've posted here before I just haven't put pen to poetry in a while.
The photograph book I feature in today's coffee post on my cookieempress blog is very inspirational. When I look at winding stairs in towns of stones of Greece or Italy, and I listen to Flamenco music I think of lemons and sunlight, and the piercing brilliance of sharp thoughts. Needs a little more intuition, but clarity is a start. Here is the one I wrote over 3 years ago
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Submit 1 manuscript to a chapbook publisher
Submit poetry to 2 magazines
Submit poetry to 3 poetry contests.
I guess I have to get started, eh?
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Could you give me an example? Do you mean trade off this site or on the site? I've posted here before I just haven't put pen to poetry in a while.
The photograph book I feature in today's coffee post on my cookieempress blog is very inspirational. When I look at winding stairs in towns of stones of Greece or Italy, and I listen to Flamenco music I think of lemons and sunlight, and the piercing brilliance of sharp thoughts. Needs a little more intuition, but clarity is a start. Here is the one I wrote over 3 years ago
i never read or wrote a Haiku, to my knowledge anyways.
what i was saying is, show me how.
i just let it go/flow, no rules or boundary to speak of.
just something that feels good, is why i write, feels like an implosion.
always striving, searching internaly/internally for ingnition.
As far as haiku I may be the best person to ask, and at the same time the worst person to ask. The best because I studied it for years just looking for the Aha! moment. The worst because I don't believe in the
5 syllable/7 syllable/5 syllable math lesson structure that English speakers are taught. From a post on this forum a few years ago, someone noted how haiku is marked as
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables in the dictionary. I wrote that the dictionary was wrong
First and foremost haiku encompasses two views; short view and long view. Long view should contain a reference to "the bigger picture" of the moment. In many cases it is a reference to the season. How I teach the short view is that it's what can be seen within 100 ft. So, look near and look far, and see the discrepancy. The fact that it is even though it may not make sense creates the Aha! For instance, say in April there is a snow storm. However, the day before a bicyle was left in the backyard because it was Spring weather. To write a haiku about it could be written as:
This implies snowstorm, bit it implies the discrepancy as Easter decorations are up. This is a good place to start http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond.htm
It is not courtly poetry. It is simple, and raw. Yet, sometimes a moment, which is what the haiku is after, is so brilliant in understanding that it's like the sun took residence in my eyes.
To work on it I'd start by this:
Write a short poem between 9-15 syllables, between 2-3 lines, and include a short view, and a long view. See what happens, and go from there. I've read good 2 line haiku, but I haven't read any good 1 line haiku.
Haiku was first an opening for a long poem created by a group of people. Haiku was originally from Japan, and the syllable restriction translated into 5/7/5 in English. However, Japanese language has syllables for sounds that aren't included in English. If you want structure similar to the 5/7/5 structure I would suggest 2 stressed syllables/3 stressed syllables/2 stressed sylllables.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I asked the writers if they would let me write the poems out and send it to PJ as a gift. It was a little black canvas hardcover book. Pretty cool.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
As far as haiku I may be the best person to ask, and at the same time the worst person to ask. The best because I studied it for years just looking for the Aha! moment. The worst because I don't believe in the
5 syllable/7 syllable/5 syllable math lesson structure that English speakers are taught. From a post on this forum a few years ago, someone noted how haiku is marked as
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables in the dictionary. I wrote that the dictionary was wrong
First and foremost haiku encompasses two views; short view and long view. Long view should contain a reference to "the bigger picture" of the moment. In many cases it is a reference to the season. How I teach the short view is that it's what can be seen within 100 ft. So, look near and look far, and see the discrepancy. The fact that it is even though it may not make sense creates the Aha! For instance, say in April there is a snow storm. However, the day before a bicyle was left in the backyard because it was Spring weather. To write a haiku about it could be written as:
This implies snowstorm, bit it implies the discrepancy as Easter decorations are up. This is a good place to start http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond.htm
It is not courtly poetry. It is simple, and raw. Yet, sometimes a moment, which is what the haiku is after, is so brilliant in understanding that it's like the sun took residence in my eyes.
To work on it I'd start by this:
Write a short poem between 9-15 syllables, between 2-3 lines, and include a short view, and a long view. See what happens, and go from there. I've read good 2 line haiku, but I haven't read any good 1 line haiku.
Haiku was first an opening for a long poem created by a group of people. Haiku was originally from Japan, and the syllable restriction translated into 5/7/5 in English. However, Japanese language has syllables for sounds that aren't included in English. If you want structure similar to the 5/7/5 structure I would suggest 2 stressed syllables/3 stressed syllables/2 stressed sylllables.
my brain is mush just by lookin at this.
i just did algebra and english classes.
i'm screwed, school, i must be insane.
As far as haiku I may be the best person to ask, and at the same time the worst person to ask. The best because I studied it for years just looking for the Aha! moment. The worst because I don't believe in the
5 syllable/7 syllable/5 syllable math lesson structure that English speakers are taught. From a post on this forum a few years ago, someone noted how haiku is marked as
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables in the dictionary. I wrote that the dictionary was wrong
First and foremost haiku encompasses two views; short view and long view. Long view should contain a reference to "the bigger picture" of the moment. In many cases it is a reference to the season. How I teach the short view is that it's what can be seen within 100 ft. So, look near and look far, and see the discrepancy. The fact that it is even though it may not make sense creates the Aha! For instance, say in April there is a snow storm. However, the day before a bicyle was left in the backyard because it was Spring weather. To write a haiku about it could be written as:
This implies snowstorm, bit it implies the discrepancy as Easter decorations are up. This is a good place to start http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond.htm
It is not courtly poetry. It is simple, and raw. Yet, sometimes a moment, which is what the haiku is after, is so brilliant in understanding that it's like the sun took residence in my eyes.
To work on it I'd start by this:
Write a short poem between 9-15 syllables, between 2-3 lines, and include a short view, and a long view. See what happens, and go from there. I've read good 2 line haiku, but I haven't read any good 1 line haiku.
Haiku was first an opening for a long poem created by a group of people. Haiku was originally from Japan, and the syllable restriction translated into 5/7/5 in English. However, Japanese language has syllables for sounds that aren't included in English. If you want structure similar to the 5/7/5 structure I would suggest 2 stressed syllables/3 stressed syllables/2 stressed sylllables.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Also, as many pleasures were created in reaction to horrific circumstances . . . chocolate was created on Tuesday
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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nobody knows just how beautiful she is.
they think they know, but their is soo much more.
it's behind her sky-eyes, it's all there.
so today, i am a bird, i am the rain.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
fires across hungry trees.
Once as the sky
she folded into a mirror
that sent sparks between chrome.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
tell me secret dreams.
give me your mouth.
i'll show you our morning star.
eyes are candles now burnt bright.
inside morning's smaller hours, take me.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
sometimes i just wanna be
sometimes nothing is everything
sometimes tears answer
sometimes.
sometimes i just wanna crawl
sometimes i just wanna become
sometimes everything is nothing
sometimes answers are tears
sometimes.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
my heart is filled with you
but sometimes
the rarest of times
my heart feels joy or nothing at all
The super slide
known only to those of equal spirit
so endearing, fulifilling
true freedom in its purest form
A surfer's heart's the strangest thing
wow, long time ago since I posted something here
- Antwerp '06, Nijmegen '07, Werchter '07
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
say health is wealth, just don't let them all know.
Mitch Hedberg- RIP 1968-2005. your jokes have laughed me through a lot. I thank you.
the last of which ended unscratched.
She could write her life as those peels of paint;
layers of lives she will eventually know.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
that's what you do.
and me, i am now a sky-mountain upside down and inside out.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
i dunno about all that.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
grab your mittens
don't forget your stocking-hats.
shhooo shhoo, better run the bus is comin.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
chaaaaaaad, your lunchbox!!!!!!!!!!
good one miss Linda.
i laughed @ this.
reminded me of a time long ago.
Racing back to door, shoes-laces undone.
Winter air, lil boy's nose running.
Thanks mom, off thru melting snow puddles dashing feet.
Cold soggy toes now.
(to be continued)
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
we can trade.
haiku's trading for poetry.
(show me)
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
The photograph book I feature in today's coffee post on my cookieempress blog is very inspirational. When I look at winding stairs in towns of stones of Greece or Italy, and I listen to Flamenco music I think of lemons and sunlight, and the piercing brilliance of sharp thoughts. Needs a little more intuition, but clarity is a start. Here is the one I wrote over 3 years ago
http://inspiredpoetrysubmission.blogspot.com/2007/06/inspired-by-paco-pena-cd-azahara.html
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Submit 1 manuscript to a chapbook publisher
Submit poetry to 2 magazines
Submit poetry to 3 poetry contests.
I guess I have to get started, eh?
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
i never read or wrote a Haiku, to my knowledge anyways.
what i was saying is, show me how.
i just let it go/flow, no rules or boundary to speak of.
just something that feels good, is why i write, feels like an implosion.
always striving, searching internaly/internally for ingnition.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
this shit owns me.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
5 syllable/7 syllable/5 syllable math lesson structure that English speakers are taught. From a post on this forum a few years ago, someone noted how haiku is marked as
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables in the dictionary. I wrote that the dictionary was wrong
First and foremost haiku encompasses two views; short view and long view. Long view should contain a reference to "the bigger picture" of the moment. In many cases it is a reference to the season. How I teach the short view is that it's what can be seen within 100 ft. So, look near and look far, and see the discrepancy. The fact that it is even though it may not make sense creates the Aha! For instance, say in April there is a snow storm. However, the day before a bicyle was left in the backyard because it was Spring weather. To write a haiku about it could be written as:
broken bicyle rack carries snow
Easter decorations
This implies snowstorm, bit it implies the discrepancy as Easter decorations are up. This is a good place to start http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond.htm
It is not courtly poetry. It is simple, and raw. Yet, sometimes a moment, which is what the haiku is after, is so brilliant in understanding that it's like the sun took residence in my eyes.
To work on it I'd start by this:
Write a short poem between 9-15 syllables, between 2-3 lines, and include a short view, and a long view. See what happens, and go from there. I've read good 2 line haiku, but I haven't read any good 1 line haiku.
Haiku was first an opening for a long poem created by a group of people. Haiku was originally from Japan, and the syllable restriction translated into 5/7/5 in English. However, Japanese language has syllables for sounds that aren't included in English. If you want structure similar to the 5/7/5 structure I would suggest 2 stressed syllables/3 stressed syllables/2 stressed sylllables.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I asked the writers if they would let me write the poems out and send it to PJ as a gift. It was a little black canvas hardcover book. Pretty cool.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
my brain is mush just by lookin at this.
i just did algebra and english classes.
i'm screwed, school, i must be insane.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
that's insane.
haha.
you're killin me here.
beat my head on walls of brick.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Easter decorations
rusty cars pull frozen streets
Ice races
yes?
no?
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Also, as many pleasures were created in reaction to horrific circumstances . . . chocolate was created on Tuesday
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird