Wow, where does the time go? Last Friday, I was thinking about what I might share this Friday…and here it is, Friday already!
By the way, I have to again thank Heidi Mordhorst for nominating this blog for a Sunshine Blogger Award. (I’m glad I bring some sunshine to your universe, Heidi!)
With winter hanging on like it has, I’ve had nature on my mind – and the haiku form is perfect for taking little tidbits of the natural world and showing them in a new or different light. The thing I like most about haiku is the last line, which should be a surprise or a unique observation about the previous two lines. Here’s what I’ve been writing lately:
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deep within
insistent wind
her voice
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bewitching breakers
sweep me away in a form
of sea-foam sorcery
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night birds sing
of love and longing as the forest
eavesdrops.
– all poems © 2014, Matt Forrest Esenwine
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If you’d like to read more poetry, today’s Poetry Friday hostess is the Rogue Anthropologist, Kara Newhouse! Also, I’m very happy to once again be participating in Ed DeCaria’s #MMPoetry2014 poetry competition, which starts this Monday – be sure to check his site often for updates, and get ready to vote, vote, vote!
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Nice work — the last one is my favorite. Good luck with MM!
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I love that forest eavesdropping, Matt. I’d like to work more on Haiku-intriguing to me, but I find they don’t come easily, all the more reason to like yours!
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Thank you both!
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Matt,
You’ve got a great feel for haiku. I espeically like the “forest/ eavesdrops.” But I don’t know about those night birds, around here our night birds are coyotes howling.
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Thanks, Joy. Believe me, we hear plenty of coyotes here, too – but fortunately the barred owl and whip-poor-will drown them out most of the time!
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These are beautiful! I esp love the nightbirds one. I love the verb eavesdrops here (though I wanted to make it leavesdrops!), and it’s also the word I loved most on Steven Withrow’s poem he shared today. Funny to see an uncommon word used twice to great effect today:>)
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Glad you liked them, Laura – and I haven’t read Steven’s poem yet, so I’ll have to make sure I do that soon!
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I love the first one. I find it very haunting. Good luck with MM!
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They are great fun, Matt. I’m terrible at haiku.
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Thank you, both! Catherine, I always say haikus are easy, but good haikus are really hard…I find it’s a matter of not pushing the poem or trying too hard, but letting the imagery and experience of what you’re seeing write the poem for you. I think the haiku form requires more introspection than most poetry – which makes them fun, when they finally come to you!
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Not to be written with noisy kids trying to tickle you then 😉
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Ha, well that can be distracting – or inspiring! Depends on how you look at it, I suppose…I know personally, I do most of my writing when the kids are asleep!
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I also like “eavesdrops” 🙂 Good luck in the poetry tournament!
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Thanks, Tabatha!
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eavesdropping on you
I hear the sound of blooming
spring wants to come home.
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You know me well, Margaret! Thanks!
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These haikus are great
Deep and peaceful like a lake
Good luck tomorrow!
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Thanks, and good luck to you, too! Who knows…we may find ourselves duking it out head-to-head at some point!
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