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Showing posts with label One Single Expression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label One Single Expression. Show all posts
Saturday, February 25, 2012
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
One Single Impression 139: Grace
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
One Single Impression 133: Passing
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| Breezes slip by me, stirring flow'ry meadows with the first breath of autumn. |
For some reason, I got my haiku flowing this week. That hasn't happened in a long, long time. I enjoy sharing with all of you and I love doing the OSI blog with Sandy. I love writing haiku, also, but it is extremely challenging for me. One way I become inspired is by reading haiku at my leisure. I have been reading and re-reading Classic Haiku: The Greatest Japanese Poetry from Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki, and Their Followers (Eternal Moments)
. It is a beautiful book that I keep by my bed.But recently I ran across another book of haiku in the library and I enjoy it so much that I will have to buy it: Haiku: This Other World
by Richard Wright. Wright is correct: haiku does create another world (at least for me). The haiku in this book are more modern with both urban and pastoral themes. The notes and afterword in the back are comprehensive and valuable. I wanted to share this title with you in case you have missed it at the library.Writing haiku helped Wright mourn. Wright's daughter writes in the Introduction that haiku is "a form of poetry which links seasons of the soul with nature's cycle of moods." I know that poetry, for all of us, heals and expresses our souls. I want to share a couple of my favorite Wright haiku here:
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Beneath pale stars,
Breathing wet on cattle horns,
A faint winter fog.
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As my anger ebbs,
The spring stars grow bright again
And the wind returns.
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With mouth gaping wide,
Swallowing strings of wild geese, —
Hungry autumn moon.
I can't share more with you. There are too many that fascinate me. Thank you for reading this rather long post. I hope you all have peaceful and beautiful week!
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Sunday, July 04, 2010
One Single Impression #123: Roads
| Ferns rife with deep trails — deer must walk side by side here chatting, gossiping |
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
One Single Impression: Ochre
The Doe I follow her trail through a forest of ferns, over blow-downs, through brambles of blackberries. The going is rough on this granite-blanketed mountainside. She moved silently while I burst through — huffing and cursing her nimble feet and my awkward feet. I lose her after the hoof mark in the stream's ochre mud. This forest has cloaked her and rebuked me. |
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, November 14, 2009
One Single Impression: Reincarnation
| Amy says, "No names! She isn't Henny Penny 'cause she'll be Parmesan!" |
OK, not a true haiku. But it serves my purpose this week! My daughter Amy's flock of Barred Rocks are so much fun to watch. And to indulge myself, I am posting my newest Barred Rock movie below — all 11 seconds of it. I took a series of burst photographs and strung them into a short where each photo is a frame that lasts 0.15 seconds. To see my other chicken movies (and to learn a bit about New England's Barred Rocks), click here to go to my previous post.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
One Single Impression: Conquer
ZorroMighty hunting cat
warm days stalking in the fields
conquered by north winds
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Saturday, June 07, 2008
One Single Impression: Pets
Ginger tabby drops infrom the woods and stays —
uneasy truces
uneasy truces
What's this guy's name? We still don't know!
I say Ozzie, Amy says Louie.
One thing we know: after living in the
woods for who knows how long,
he will no longer go outside voluntarily.
I say Ozzie, Amy says Louie.
One thing we know: after living in the
woods for who knows how long,
he will no longer go outside voluntarily.
UPDATE (6/9/08): I have decided to keep the word "truces" because this cat has to negotiate a seperate truce with each cat in the house. That is quiet a complicated task because of the power that the matriarch, Mouse, holds, and the aggression of the males. The "minor" cats (I call them minor because of their lack of power in the cat hierarchy — not because of their esteem in my heart) are no problem. They accept every cat that moves in. Also, I enjoy the sound of the word "truces."
And thank you to Zazzy for the suggestion of naming this guy George. Amy and I finally agreed that George is his name!
And thank you to Zazzy for the suggestion of naming this guy George. Amy and I finally agreed that George is his name!
Thank you for visiting.
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Sunday, March 02, 2008
Get Your Poetry Out! It's One Single Impression Day!
Be sure to write your poem (the theme is Change), stop by One Single Impression to leave your link, and visit the other poets!
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Monday, February 25, 2008
New Blog: One Single Impression
One Single Impression is a community of poets writing and sharing haiku and other poetic forms. Each week we will offer up a new prompt that we hope will inspire your writing. We invite participants to share ideas for prompts, too.Sandy, a published poet, and I are picking up where One Deep Breath is leaving off after this week. For the past year and a half many poets who blog have derived inspiration from Susan and Jennifer's blog, where we have shared our responses to their weekly prompts for haiku poems.
Michael has written the poetry for my photographs. Our collaboration has proven to be an inspiring journey into beauty and art that has been missing in my life. The poets that participated in One Deep Breath, and hopefully in One Single Impression, are gifted. The poetry is motivational and often life-changing. I am beginning to expand myself and write some poetry of my own. All of the participants are supportive and kind (even to someone like me).
I hope you join us next week. The prompt for the week will be posted on Sunday, March 2, 2008. There is a blogroll and Mr. Linky will be available. This meme could alter the quality of your life.
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