~Chinese proverb
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.
my green bough inside
ReplyDeleteshudders under your presence
the singing bird flys
Thanks for starting off the third day! :-)
DeleteGreen bough in my heart,
ReplyDeleteif the singing bird takes flight,
will she come again?
little sparrow...
ReplyDeleteour hearts in harmony
with your song
Thanks for joining us, Christopher. :-)
DeleteI've added your name to the book draw!
the song is heard even before the singer appears...
ReplyDeleteJuly 3: bough
ReplyDeletethe wind's whistle
serenades you in the arms
of the green man
Gary Blankenship
a bluejay drinks again
ReplyDeletefrom an empty birdbath...
I open your closet
one more time to make sure
I remember missing you
Lovely, Chrissi!
DeleteThanks, Sanjuktaa! <3
Delete"If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come."
ReplyDelete~Chinese proverb
freeing a thornbill
even before I open my hand
it’s gone
tidal seas
ReplyDeleteknowing
not knowing
quivering
ReplyDeletethe pine branch
where the robin
left its song . . .
first kiss
Such moving haiku and tanka. Thank you all for sharing your words! :-)
ReplyDeleteIf I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.
ReplyDeletehow bright
the moss
on the old wall
"If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come."
ReplyDeletewatching the playground
the quote on his
memorial bench
A haiku from Sasa Vazic:
ReplyDeletebluebird . . .
your breath weaving
tomorrow
Thanks for joining in, Sasa! I've put your name into the draw. :-)
"If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come."
ReplyDelete~Chinese proverb
rainforest
I tiptoe toward
an orchid's bloom
Lovelyl!
Deletegreen vegetables
ReplyDeletemy mother smiles with
morning freshness
Editor’s Best Choice, Sketchbook, Vol 7, No. 3, Issue 43, July-August 2012 (Ed. John Daleiden)
the snap
ReplyDeleteof dead twigs--
killdeer's cry
losses in life
ReplyDeletelow setting sun
through branches of trees
now rises again
as birds quietly sing