Tri-sedoka I (introducing)

I am sedoka
with syllabic sequencing
represented here in six
lines of five, seven,
seven and then five again
and then two final sevens

I am sedoka
Six lines of poetic form
Crafted here with chosen words
my wordsmithery
brings to life the poet’s voice
in the phrases captured here

Tri-Tanka IV (Lancing Beach)

Once again relaxed
Lancing Beach does that for me
Every single time
The sound of the moving sea
The sight of the ocean waves
And I’m in my element

Bussokuseki III

Bussokuseki
This poetic triplicate
ends today with this
Now it’s found there will be more
Art is never satisfied
Never still the poet’s pen

Bussokuseki II

Finding words to form
to syllabic sequencing
always a pleasure
Challenging but daily done
Satisfaction guaranteed
with bussokuseki found

Bussokuseki I

Bussokuseki
Japanese poetic form
In the form of five
and then three sets of seven
for syllabic sequencing
Tanka with an extra phrase

Passion and Purity

Passion’s precious gift
Exchanged between you and me

Dichotomy (tanka)

Without is sunshine
new green, a warm gentle breeze—

Perfect Practice (senryu)

Crave repetition
Do it right or start again
Mastery beckons

Help for a haiku

Stuck in a Haiku?
Feel that you’ve nowhere to go?
Why not try Tanka?
Two extra lines to play with
and thirty-one syllables

©Jemverse

Love You More

Darling, I love you
more than I did yesterday
less than I will tomorrow

Brynn The Cat – Haiku and Tanka

Brynn The Cat

 

peekaboo …
awaiting her human
the cat watches

A Dodoitsu – March 26, 2016

Dodoitsu – Honey-suckers

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under the warm spring sunshine
inside blossoms and bright blooms
bees hop hither and thither
(poor honey-suckers)

© G.s.k. ‘16

Christmas Market – Choka

Christmas Market, Arco Italy

 

inside the wooden huts
in the square warm candles glow
lighting up bright gifts –

Morning Haiku and Waka – Autumn Reflections

the last days of fall
just a single yellow leaf 
in gathering fog

A Ripe Strawberry – Haibun

Walking along the blossoming fields in a spring dawn, enjoying the singing forests of the masts in the port in summer, a carpet of coloured leaves on green in autumn and the stark beauty of sleeping trees and snow, which season is my favourite?

Tanabata Rain* – Troiku

Tanabata Rain*

falling rain
magpies flock to the wheat fields 
lovers forgotten

The Warrior – Choka

The Warrior

under the moon light
in the last days of autumn
the warrior stood tall –

Poetry Challenge: Sedoka

Poetry challenge: Sedoka poem

Falcon and Rabbit

falcon on the wind
circling in the distant clouds
observing lowly morsels 

My Childhood Sunday – Dodoitsu – August 30, 2015

sitting by the kitchen door
watching mamma fry chicken
biscuits in the oven bake
my childhood Sunday

A Renga “this autumn” by Basho – May 23, 2015

Tan Renga with Basho “this autumn”:

Tree in bloom

 

this autumn
why getting older is like
a bird into the clouds

© Basho (Tr. Jane Reichhold)