General Poetry posted February 6, 2023


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Zen 5/7/5 Poem for the Haiku Club

Good Listeners

by Gypsy Blue Rose


If You Would Like To Join the Haiku Club, please check my author notes
 
 
lone monk pours his grief
on the shore of babbling brook —
good-listener rocks
 
 
 
 




a 5/7/5 poem looks like a haiku but it is not. Haiku has many rules but 5/7/5 poem rules are only the syllable count.

Zen Buddhism has significantly shaped the historical development of Japanese haiku. Many haiku master poets were Zen Buddhists. The satori concept is based on zen enlightenment click here if you want to read more


Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem.


Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus

Club entry for the "ZEN HAIKU" event in "HAIKU CLUB".  Locate a writing club.
Pays one point and 2 member cents.


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