~Maya Angelou
Your challenge is to write a haiku or
tanka (or choose one of your previously published works) that has a
connection with the themes/feelings/images of the above quote, without
just restating what has appeared in the text, to create a haibun. Play
around with it and see what you come up with. Enjoy!
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Click here for the first post on how I Quote, You 'Ku works. Every poet who posts a poem this month will be entered into the draw to win a copy of A New Resonance 8.
I don't remember,
ReplyDeleteyou sang or danced or something
And you filled my heart.
July 23: forgetting
ReplyDeletethe grudge forgiven
with his last breath
no one knew
Gary B
after brain surgery
ReplyDeletewill he remember
how much he loves me . . .
the first thing he asks for
are ice chips
I think it's better this way:
ReplyDeleteafter brain surgery
the first thing he asks for
are ice chips . . .
will he remember
how much he loves me
I like this version better, Chrissi, and think the sentiment it conveys is beautiful. "are" should be "is," though, unless you change "thing" to "things."
DeleteThank you for the correction, Maggie. Yes, the second version is better.
DeleteThank you for the correction, Maggie. Yes, the second version is better.
Deleteweathered flower--
ReplyDeletethe fragrance clothes
my inner body