Re-blogged from: Community – A Poem Community – A Poem by Ann Winfred from Coming of Age Croneicles In bygone days, Neighborhood folks gathered on porches Touched the world and each other Nodding, smiling, calling out. Sprinklers caught sunlight in rainbows. – In bygone days, Inner-city folks gathered on […]
What Did You Start Writing?
When you first started writing, what form did you use–short stories, poetry, memoir, or a novel? In middle school, I chose short stories and I still like to write them. Next I wrote a few novels, and then poetry. In the afternoon writing class I teach, we are writing a Haiku twice a month based […]
Poetry and Poets Quotes
“If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.” David Carradine “Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard & Poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen.” Leonardo Da Vinci “Poetry is the art which is technically within the grasp of everyone: a piece of paper and a pencil and one […]
Basho Haiku
Matsuo Munefusa (Basho), 1644 — 1694, became well known in the intellectual Edo part of Japan, which is now modern Tokyo. He had a future in the military since he was born into a samurai family, but he preferred to live in poverty as a wanderer. At times he’d return to a hut made of […]
Interview with Poet Joan Green
Joan Green wrote a poem called “Our Talking Cat” for my anthology, Written Across the Genres. Her poem is comprised of 16 haiku that tell the story of how their cat learned to say her husband’s name. Joan earned a BA from UC Berkeley and holds an elementary teaching credential. She loves to volunteer, travel, […]
Senryu, Similar to Haiku
The Shadow Poetry link http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/haiku/haiku.html explains the differences between Haiku and Senryu. Kathy Lippard Cobb wrote the information and included samples of each. She states that senryu deals with human nature, satire, humor, and political issues. Debates about what is or is not senryu is confusing. When poets submit a poem that could be haiku […]
Haiku Samples
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. It is comprised of 3 phrases. Traditional haiku form is a total of 17 syllables with the first line having 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the last line has 5. The one on the far left by Earle J. Stone follows the traditional pattern. […]