Nights dreamed, gently hush.
The gloom has stars stirring
The day that will come.
Haiku is about nature; senryu is about human emotions. We are doing senryu here. One of the best nature poems I’ve read, which would have made a good haiku, was my mentor’s definition of a squirrel–“An undulating urgency in fur”. At the expense of diluting that good line, I’d add
An undulating
Urgency in fur, fast leaps
Onto support branch.
But, I’m off the tag lines here.
The day that will come
And I will be you again
Then not remeber
Then, in that case, I prefer senryu… I’m not inclined to poeticise over nature as much as I am over emotion.
Just noting that not all 5/7/5s are haikus. The Japanese are more sticklers for exact definitions than we Westerners are. But then we are laboring under the burden of Western traditions in poetry and thought.
Then not remember
when all crammed thoughts are mute
yet we still wish on
Yet we still wish on;
Ephemeral hints of hope
Are better than none.
Are better than none.
Advice is patronising
To a knowing mind…
To a knowing mind
The mystery of being
Is wonder and awe.
Thread unlocked…
Is wonder and awe
Good evidence of a soul
That’s inspired to live?
That’s inspired to live?
By design or, fiat yes?
NEvertheless, love.
That inspired to love?
by design or, fiat, yes?
NEvertheless, live.
Nevertheless, live–
Nevertheless live for love;
Nothing else matters.
Nothing else matters
But the peace of belonging
While being yourself.
Whilst being yourself
CENSORED
Being yourself and
Uncensored and thinking free
Matter those you love
“While being yourself” was the last recognizable line. Sorry, Orb, but I don’t understand your verse and cannot figure out how to tag “Matter those you love”. Maybe it’s just me.
Uncensored thinking
found found found the goblin-page
lost in the lightning.
(Got Walter Scott on the mind right now, lol)
Are we no longer tagging?