Posts Tagged Japanese poetry
Longer Haiku
Rage is so useless
anger impotent divine
in its purity.
Stark its clarity
white and black no shades of grey
set it aside. Now.
Some more Haiku
Autumn
Golden leaves shower
down to be swept in gutters
dark. Sleep my child. Sleep.
Rain
Dust and rain embrace;
sing hallelujah and praise
your Gods. We are saved.
Black cat (Haiku)
Haiku is a Japanese poetic form which follows the rule of 3 phrases of 5, 7 and 5 syllables respectively. It is a great exercise in tight writing. Here is my haiku to my cat (not that he would take any notice, of course):
Coal black fur relax;
Jade eyes stare at worlds between
here and there. Show me.