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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9 Stephen Bazan on Mar 05, 2008
10 Jen on Mar 05, 2008
Think about your life.
Ponder your impact on Earth.
Make wiser choices.
11 Sandra on Mar 05, 2008
A mushroom appears
Dreams of a child in rainfall
The sun now reveals
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Kana: A mushroom appears!
12 rozanne on Mar 06, 2008
whatever language
one human experience
earthlings celebrate
13 Laura Thiessen on Mar 06, 2008
FOX
Shivering, slinking
His tail hangs close to the ground
Fluidly running
14 Maia on Mar 06, 2008
May you know beauty
like the moon in the antlers
of the Coast Live Oak
15 Earle Layser on Mar 06, 2008
Subzero cold --
in dawn’s light,
ice crystals ignite.
16 Ramesh on Mar 08, 2008
Crow caws,
Child weeps,
Silence reigns.
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Grasshopper it chases
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