These are some more of the lovely lilies that my brother, Richard, has all over his backyard. I love the colors in this hedge by one of his pools. His wife, Corrine is a marvelous gardener.

Lilies are notoriously poisonous to cats.

One thing that I have discovered in my research of the Sonnet genre of poetry, is that the form seems adaptable to almost limitless poetic formats. However, in my search, I never found one that adapted the Japanese characteristics of their poetry. So, I created this form myself. May Sonnet purists forgive my Bohemian spirit.

This poem is a Haiku Sonnet.
The Haiku Sonnet actually blends several Japanese formats into a 14 line structure that also containes other Sonnet features, such as a rhyme scheme. The format begins with a 5-7-5 Haiku followed by a 5-7-5-7-7 Tanka. It then executes a 3-5-3 Haiku and closes with a rhymed 1-6-1. Because I want to emphasize the Japanese correlation, this format must end with the word "Hai", which is Japanese for "Yes".
A Sonnet usually carries a "Volta", so mine is in the 3-5-3 (lines 9 - 11). Still the Haiku and Tanka require a similar turning point, called a "Kiru", in each of its formats, so I tried to achieve that too. I think I got it in each Haiku. Not so well in the Tanka. The rhyme scheme Is:
aba bcbdd eec ddd.

I hope you like this attempt.

This photograph was taken by the author himself on July 11, 2015.

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