I’ve joined the haiku group on Twitter and it has revived a former passion for the form.
Haiku is a Japanese poetry form that traditionally is written in three lines of 5 / 7 / 5 syllables, though not all people adhere to that rule. Twitter, with it’s 140 character limit is the ideal delivery medium for this art form. Below are my haikus from the last week. I’d love to see you on Twitter where you can add your 17 syllables to the flow. (My latest tweets–as NatureSpirits–are in my sidebar.)
I see them breathing…
deer gathered in the meadow—
Their crystal dreams rise.Green glints, sparkled sky:
iridescent blur zooms up—
hummingbird dances.Bald eagle glides by,
long twiggy branches held tight—
off to primp her nest.Lone eagle watches
atop the snag on the bluff;
I watch her right back!Black birds blown sideways—
tossed, turned & spun by high winds—
carnival for crows.Crows sound my alarm,
woodpecker drums me awake—
heron flies me up.My spirit rises
to meet the massive frog choir
harmonizing Spring.Steady rain straight down,
drenching, gloomy gray March day;
crows splash in puddles.Whales swim north spouting
revealing their route with spray;
welcome spring showers.Curled waves fling back spray,
catching the sun’s last pinking—
tourmalines dancing.Late day reflections:
sea becomes sand, sand is sky;
change is all there is.
I really do feel even brief meditative moments can punctuate our days with respites from the chaos. How do you make pauses in your days?
Get your Zen on; see earlier group of haikus here.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Funny–just when I’d thought I was the only one to find the pleasures of writing haiku on twitter…even if my twittered haiku have all been completely silly…then, 140 characters really isn’t enough for most limericks…anyway, yours are much prettier…
April 10th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Thanks Yoga…since I tend to prefer to write much longer forms, I find haiku is a really good discipline for me. They tend to come to me in waves…once I start writing them I can barely stop! I wouldn’t devalue humor in your writing–that’s a real gift, to delight & instill laughter. ~Oriana
June 12th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Wonderful! Very thoughtful and expressive
I think quite appropriate too, I think haiku’s, traditionally, are about the natural world? What a fun and beautiful way to celebrate nature. I also continue to enjoy your Twitter updates…right now we are on a very similar plane…i’ve been thinking about the moon alot and you show that as well (tweets), same is true for coyote! Fun!
All the best~
Michelle
June 15th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Glad you like them, Michelle, the perfect match of Twitter and haiku has been a real creative inspiration. Yes, haiku are traditionally about nature. I’m realizing that spring has inspired the greatest number so far…must get back to them, now that summer is more or less here. ~Oriana