Haiku
I must admit to loving these. If I get to StAnza I really want to try and see
Alan Spence as I really admire his work and for what it's worth he inspired me to find a way to write about my cancer.
Anyway this weekend Colin Will kindly looked at a few haiku I'd attempted and gave me some great pointers. (Funnily enough he's just blogged about writing haiku.)
So I think I'll keep trying to write them, as something about the form appeals to my eye as much as my ear.
The ones I shared with him were written last autumn and this is one of the ones he helped me polish up:
cut,baled,stacked.
another year reaped
and gathered in
and this is a new one that I'm still thinking through:
February -
a torn plastic prayer bag
in every tree
Alan Spence as I really admire his work and for what it's worth he inspired me to find a way to write about my cancer.
Anyway this weekend Colin Will kindly looked at a few haiku I'd attempted and gave me some great pointers. (Funnily enough he's just blogged about writing haiku.)
So I think I'll keep trying to write them, as something about the form appeals to my eye as much as my ear.
The ones I shared with him were written last autumn and this is one of the ones he helped me polish up:
cut,baled,stacked.
another year reaped
and gathered in
and this is a new one that I'm still thinking through:
February -
a torn plastic prayer bag
in every tree
posted by apprentice at
8:30 pm
3 Comments:
Anna I have to confess thia makes my brain hurt but I admire the people who do it.
I know what you mean, but you don't need to do the whole syllable counting thing.
I love that imagery, 'another year reaped and gathered in'.
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