Discuss: Kana
Pick Up Your Pens, Readers! In his article "Kana," Chris Dombrowski writes, "Because the haiku is wedded to 'the instant' and to speed of comprehension, it serves as an ideal poetic net for the mind hoping to capture such minnow-quick moments of bafflement or awe." So all you closet poets out there, show us your best three-line poem (that's right -- no more than three lines!) that captures some sweet or unexpected moment. Traditionally, English haiku consist of five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. The Japanese, however, count sounds, not syllables, so we'll give you a few syllables of leeway if you really need it...
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17 Tom Crider on Mar 09, 2008
18 Frederick G. Rodgers on Mar 10, 2008
MIDNIGHT
Bright scissors, hands of
clock will in five minutes clip
today’s long black stalk!
19 Susanne Twight-Alexander on Mar 15, 2008
Daughter, two years old,
“I can hear it getting dark.”
Crickets brought the moon.
20 grasshopper on Mar 19, 2008
oh crumbling world!
does any mantra exist
to bring it all back?
21 xiomara on Mar 21, 2008
changing times always changing
dive down to the bottom
weave small solutions
into the tapestry you must be
22 jonas on Mar 22, 2008
a warm dog’s tongue
erasing scowl and tears
from baby’s face
23 Ken Ingham on Mar 23, 2008
Entropy: snakes know
infinite ways to not be
fully extended
24 Patrice on Mar 23, 2008
Beyond the ridge
my eyes discover
a hidden lake.
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Chris D’s observation that his young son is “penetrated each step by the world, not penetrating it” reminds me of something Black Elk wrote:
“...we regard all created beings as sacred and important, for everything has a wochangi, or influence, which can be given to us, through which we may gain a little more understanding, if we are attentive.”
Attention is the key, isn’t it?