"That's
where writing comes in. It is necessary for the survival of my
haughty sanity as bread is to my flesh."
~Sylvia
Plath, Journals, September, 1951.
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.
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.
sunrise––
ReplyDeletemorning breeze recites
freshness
keeping away
ReplyDeletethe ghosts and pain
with a pen
My eyes swallow words
ReplyDeleteMy ears swallow even more
gorged, I vomit poems.
July 8: bread
ReplyDeletehot fresh from the oven
melted butter
fig jam crowns the poem
Gary Blankenship
A haiku from Sondra J. Byrnes:
ReplyDeletenotebook rises and falls—
if i could breathe
poems
Sorry you had trouble posting, Sondra!
I've added your name to the book draw. :-)
spring morning
ReplyDeletea coffee cup ring
frames my poem