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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

I Quote, You 'Ku - Day 3

"If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come."

~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!

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.

22 comments:

  1. my green bough inside
    shudders under your presence
    the singing bird flys

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  2. Green bough in my heart,
    if the singing bird takes flight,
    will she come again?

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  3. Christopher ProvostJuly 3, 2013 at 3:20 PM

    little sparrow...
    our hearts in harmony
    with your song

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    1. Thanks for joining us, Christopher. :-)
      I've added your name to the book draw!

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  4. the song is heard even before the singer appears...

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  5. July 3: bough

    the wind's whistle
    serenades you in the arms
    of the green man

    Gary Blankenship

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  6. a bluejay drinks again
    from an empty birdbath...
    I open your closet
    one more time to make sure
    I remember missing you

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  7. "If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come."

    ~Chinese proverb

    freeing a thornbill
    even before I open my hand
    it’s gone

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  8. quivering
    the pine branch
    where the robin
    left its song . . .
    first kiss

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  9. Such moving haiku and tanka. Thank you all for sharing your words! :-)

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  10. If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.

    how bright
    the moss
    on the old wall

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  11. "If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come."

    watching the playground
    the quote on his
    memorial bench

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  12. A haiku from Sasa Vazic:

    bluebird . . .
    your breath weaving
    tomorrow

    Thanks for joining in, Sasa! I've put your name into the draw. :-)

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  13. "If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come."

    ~Chinese proverb

    rainforest
    I tiptoe toward
    an orchid's bloom

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  14. green vegetables
    my mother smiles with
    morning freshness

    Editor’s Best Choice, Sketchbook, Vol 7, No. 3, Issue 43, July-August 2012 (Ed. John Daleiden)

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  15. the snap
    of dead twigs--
    killdeer's cry

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  16. losses in life
    low setting sun
    through branches of trees
    now rises again
    as birds quietly sing

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