As you may know I love poetry. I have been writing mainly acrostic and free verse poems for quite a while. Last week I visited one of my mentors and we talked about poetry, specifically Haiku. It is a style of poetry that I’ve never really explored before. He sent me a Haiku book, which has now sparked an interest. As I understand, Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry, where the subject is inspired by nature. Traditionally it contains 17 syllables (in 3 lines e.g. 5-7-5). As in all things, traditions change over time.
Here is my first Hakiu:
blowing, falling snow
drifting freely in the wind
takes my breath away
© Denise Etienne
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