Classical Haiku

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the waves kiss the shore

steam fog rises towards the dawn

as my prayers ascend

~

© Carol Campbell

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/heeding-haiku-with-chevrefeuille-february-3rd-2016/

Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille this week offers this challenge:

“Okay … back to this week’s episode of Heeding Haiku With … This week it’s time again for haiku and I think I have a nice challenge for you all …
I love to challenge you to write a classical haiku, which means you have to follow a few classical rules:

1. Your haiku must be the “impression” of a short moment, as short as the sound of a pebble thrown into water;
2. Your haiku has a “kigo” (or seasonword) in it;
3. You also have to use a “kireji” (or cuttingword, like e.g. “;” or “!”);
4. You have to use the classical count 5-7-5 or 3-5-3;
5. Your first and last line have to be interchangeable;
6. Last, but not least, try to catch a deeper meaning in your haiku.

For sure not an easy task, but I think you all will succeed, because you are all wonderful poets and poetesses.

Here is my “classical” haiku:

blooming sunflowers
reaching for the early light of the sun –
birds praise their Creator

© Chèvrefeuille”

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