07 September, 2009
Poetry?
I am not a fan of poetry, but found myself writing a spot of haiku the other day!
One of the things I do is write a quarterly news/prayer letter for kids, helping them learn about Japan and encouraging them to pray for Japan and us (let me know if you'd like to get a copy). This year my theme is "Things which came from Japan". I've already done sports and technology. This month I've covering "things written" and including haiku, manga and sudoku.
In finishing it off, I realised that to include someone else's poem without their permission was probably infringing copyright. I'm not sure as you can quote from a prose without the author's permission...but poems are so short. Anyway, just to be safe I ended up writing one of my own (actually jointly with my husband)! What do you think?
Desert majesty
glowing red in the sunset
ancient Uluru
The other one I wrote was
Sleep comes slowly by
hot sheets tangle with my thoughts
morning long way off
Anyone got haiku to contribute?
Here are two that featured on my blog:
ReplyDeleteFrost covers the ground
Assignments cover the desk -
Tears cover the face
and...
Summer crickets sing
Assignments all forgotten -
Joy rings out to God
You should ask my dad for some of his. He wrote about 20 in one night on theology in order to prove a point to someone...
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ReplyDeleteI'll pass. Too stressful. Good for you.
ReplyDeleteThis site has a few of my favourites:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.crisbrady.net/WinHaiku.html