General Poetry posted January 3, 2022


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5/7/5 Winter Modern Haiku

After Tsunami

by Gypsy Blue Rose


after tsunami,
weeping winds whisper through trees —
bodies wash ashore

 



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In January of 2019, a tsunami killed 2000 people in Japan, they washed ashore.

MODERN HAIKU is the English adaptation of Classic Haiku. It's written in one to four lines with no strict syllable count, but brief and often with a long/short or short/long asymmetry. These poems use a pause usually marked by a dash before the satori (an insightful twist to ponder). Images don't need to be taken from nature, though they often are. Seasonality is optional, though often featured. Alliteration and metaphor are okay. Never rhymes. the em-dash ( -- ) is used to emphasize an interruption in speech before the satori. In haiku we keep punctuation to a minimum. The Haiku Foundation of America

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