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...
45 comments
41 Ruth Meyers on Jan 01, 2011
42 Philip J. Leonard III on Jan 14, 2011
Well paced, health conserved
nature replenishes itself
and renews the witness
43 Seth on Jul 10, 2011
Whimsically flowing
Canopy of forgotten
Laughs and agony.
44 D. T. Berkowitz on Sep 28, 2011
Fresh below the green
Life bursting above my head
And under my feet
45 Ruth Meyers on Sep 29, 2011
A necklace of stones
Fording the quiet river
Invites me to leap!
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Parsley, reappears
From its duvet of snow
I pick some for soup