spots of sun
flutter and flirt
petals blush
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Photo: Hydrangea detail, Portland, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: c.b.w. 2017
Month: November 2017
Wounds
Standardeach passing day
thoughts of you
leave smaller wounds
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Photo: Prague, Czech Republic, c.b.w. 2008
Words: senryu, c.b.w. 2017
Aches
Standardgentle fog
calms raging waves
my soul aches
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Photo: Cape Perpetua, Oregon, c.b.w. 2015
Words: senryu, c.b.w. 2017
Rain
Standardsidewalks
barely dry
brace for more rain
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Photo: Muswell Hill, London, c.b.w. 2011
Words: haiku, c.b.w. 2017
A Heck Of A Challenge!
StandardThe November Poem A Day Challenge (Poetic Asides via Writers Digest) is off to a strong start – so far I’ve managed to keep up despite some pretty tough prompts. This week’s Two-For-Tuesday was particularly challenging:
As a haiku poet I had one thing going for me in terms of writing in a particular form, but everything else about this prompt duo had my head spinning. Then, I spotted something on my bookshelf that made everything come into focus: a vintage volume of Shakespeare’s Love Poems and Sonnets that belonged to my grandmother.
Suddenly, it hit me: Combine the sonnet with haiku. I wrote a series of four contemporary 3-line haiku and one 2-line anti-haiku to create a grand total of 14 lines to reflect the traditional number of lines in a sonnet while also being about sonnets. In addition I pulled two lines from Shakespeare’s Sonnet V and reconfigured them into the haiku format in stanza 3.
I love it when a prompt inspires me to do something I never would have considered!
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grandma’s books
unopened since she passed
left to me
she read Shakespeare’s
sonnets each night
her voice sounds …
‘never resting time
leads summer on
to hideous winter’
a pressed fern
marks her favorite
sonnet VIII
the oak leaf
saves mine
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I hope your November is full of writing, whether its NaNoWriMo, the PAD Challenge, or anything else!
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c.b.w. 2017
C.B. Wentworth 