General Poetry posted July 11, 2021


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5/7/5 Ekphrastic Autumn Haiku for Haiku Club Event

Lone Egret

by Gypsy Blue Rose


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egret lost his wedge

in the vacuous long night —

sound of loneliness


 



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wedge= a group of egrets
vacuous= empty

KIGO (long night) is late autumn season words -- THE FIVE HUNDRED ESSENTIAL JAPANESE SEASON WORDS

An EKPHRASTIC poem is a vivid description of a scene or a work of art.

HAIKU is a Japanese short poem that uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an experience of nature intuitively linked to the human condition. FORM: In Japanese, haiku is written in three lines 5/7/5. In English, it's 17 syllables or less, as brief as possible.

The essence of haiku is represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas separated by a dash to pause for introspection, usually at end of the second line. source of 5/7/5 syllables rule *** source haiku rules by William J. Higginson, Haiku Society of America *** HaikuWorld.org

Picture by Michael's playground

Thank you very much for your review and your valuable time,

Gypsy

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