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Monday, July 29, 2013

I Quote, You 'Ku - Day 29

“The only reason for wanting to be a writer is because you love doing it. All the rest is confetti.”

~Susan Hill

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!

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.
 
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  1. Kirsten CliffJuly 29, 2013 at 2:54 PM

    My thanks to everyone for taking part so far; especially while I've been away. I enjoyed catching up on reading your poems. :-)

    A few days to go until my birthday at the end of this month, and then the book draw on August 1st. I hope you enjoy what I have in store for the 31st!

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  2. Terri L. FrenchJuly 29, 2013 at 3:23 PM

    making do--
    on a scrap of napkin
    this lip liner poem

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  3. Patty HardinJuly 29, 2013 at 3:36 PM

    caressed by bits
    of sunlight
    the writer still alone

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    1. Kirsten CliffJuly 29, 2013 at 3:46 PM

      Thanks for joining us with your 'ku, Patty. :-)
      Will put your name in the book draw!

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  4. StewartJuly 29, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    remaining her brother's funeral poet moon

    (Maybe a bit of a stretch from "all the rest" to "remaining" :) )

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    1. Kirsten CliffJuly 29, 2013 at 5:56 PM

      Great to see you here, Stewart. :-) Feel free to stretch all you like!
      Have put your name down for the book draw as well.

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  5. DeterministJuly 29, 2013 at 5:59 PM

    the only reason
    why we would do anything
    is because of love

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  6. Gillena CoxJuly 29, 2013 at 9:38 PM

    night flows to morning...
    the poet writes scraps
    and rewrites to scrap

    first posted at
    Lunch Break

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  7. Crafty Green PoetJuly 29, 2013 at 11:27 PM

    in the garden
    I write in a shower
    of cherry blossoms

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  8. P K PadhyJuly 30, 2013 at 2:32 AM

    singing birds--
    the spring breeze unfolds
    my nursery rhyme

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  9. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJuly 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM

    confetti
    shaken from the box
    flickering sunlight

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    1. Kirsten CliffJuly 30, 2013 at 2:45 PM

      Thanks so much for joining in with your great 'ku, Rosemary!
      I've added your name to the book draw. :-)

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  10. AnonymousJuly 30, 2013 at 2:51 PM

    July 29: writer

    pen to paper
    finger to keyboard
    the drug that sustains

    Gary B

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