January Gulls
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In January, over the harbor,Gulls remember summer daysIn voices creaking
with ice. Bereft of mussels and minnows,Long beaks pry all afternoonAt the
belly o...
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Red Boat Haiku
Thin skim of sea ice
and a red boat is still docked,
tethered to summer.
Notes
Poetry exercise. Take a picture. Then describe what you see, simply, in one short line. Make sure you place the kireji, the twist in the middle at line two; you are looking for a break in logic, the shift that alters a reader's mental picture. Complete the idea. 17 syllables: 5/7/5. Voila: Haiku.
Labels:
boat,
haiku,
ice,
visible poetry,
winter
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