Here are my first efforts at writing haiku as well as other "small stones," short polished pieces of writing. I am a single vegan lesbian living with 6 pets on Vashon Island. I spend my days primarily quilting "portable hug" quilts which I donate to folks who could use a portable hug for a variety of reasons. I also tutor/mentor middle school and high school students in a variety of subjects. I am interested in yoga, daoism, and haiku.
Thank you, thank you! I saw this incredible sunset yesterday and then during the night kept thinking about it--had the first and third lines fairly easily, but the middle line took a lot of thinking. So glad you like it!
I love that middle line the best. I've always had a mixed emotion at the end of the day, at the end of the summer season .... I think glorious sadness describes it well.
Thank you, Tammy! I have never written any kind of poetry before and so this is a new and rather scary adventure for me, but I am really enjoying it and in fact I've discovered that writing haiku in my head when I can't sleep is a good way to sort and get back to sleep. Anyway, I'm thrilled that you liked this. Stop by anytime!
I really liked it the first time I read it, but I like it even more with each reading, Daphne! It sounds like writing haiku is serving you well on many levels. I'll have to remember to try writing haiku in my head the next time I'm having trouble falling asleep!
Do you read Andrea's Easy Vegan Cooking blog? She lives in Seattle and shared a photo of that very same sunset on this post! Did it look the same from Vashon? :-)
Ok, I must be tired--I do subscribe to Andrea's Easy Vegan Cooking via rss feed and I read that post on the fresh tofu, but totally didn't realize that her sunset and mine were no doubt one and the same! Isn't life funny and I do thank you for catching that. I'll have to post a comment on Andrea's blog! And yes, the haiku is serving me very well. I think it works for the insomnia because usually my brain just runs like mad, but if I have to stay concentrating on just one moment and put all my thoughts into crafting a description of that, I can't as easily worry and fret. At least I think that's why it works, and my last two haiku reflect remodel chaos, but hopefully in a more creative way than just stewing!
This one is very evocative! I like it a lot.
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you! I saw this incredible sunset yesterday and then during the night kept thinking about it--had the first and third lines fairly easily, but the middle line took a lot of thinking. So glad you like it!
ReplyDeleteI love that middle line the best. I've always had a mixed emotion at the end of the day, at the end of the summer season .... I think glorious sadness describes it well.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tammy! I have never written any kind of poetry before and so this is a new and rather scary adventure for me, but I am really enjoying it and in fact I've discovered that writing haiku in my head when I can't sleep is a good way to sort and get back to sleep. Anyway, I'm thrilled that you liked this. Stop by anytime!
ReplyDeleteI really liked it the first time I read it, but I like it even more with each reading, Daphne! It sounds like writing haiku is serving you well on many levels. I'll have to remember to try writing haiku in my head the next time I'm having trouble falling asleep!
ReplyDeleteDo you read Andrea's Easy Vegan Cooking blog? She lives in Seattle and shared a photo of that very same sunset on this post! Did it look the same from Vashon? :-)
Ok, I must be tired--I do subscribe to Andrea's Easy Vegan Cooking via rss feed and I read that post on the fresh tofu, but totally didn't realize that her sunset and mine were no doubt one and the same! Isn't life funny and I do thank you for catching that. I'll have to post a comment on Andrea's blog! And yes, the haiku is serving me very well. I think it works for the insomnia because usually my brain just runs like mad, but if I have to stay concentrating on just one moment and put all my thoughts into crafting a description of that, I can't as easily worry and fret. At least I think that's why it works, and my last two haiku reflect remodel chaos, but hopefully in a more creative way than just stewing!
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