COME ONE, COME ALL/ September 24
by Carolee, Deb & Jill
It’s show time! It’s time to post your original poem, written in response to Monday’s prompt — write about travel (real or imagined) using the haibun form — or any other inspiration from the week. (We love it when you write to our prompt, but we also love it when you write on a whim. We all know how fickle that muse can be.)
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This prompt and the resulting words feel like home. oved writing into it.
http://juliejordanscott.typepad.com/jjspoetry/2010/09/somersaults-out-of-paradise-a-haibun-prose-poem-.html
Here is my haibun
http://waynepitchko.blogspot.com/2010/09/sailors-odyssey.html
It was great learning about haibun and trying it on for size… mine is called “the watcher” and can be found here:
http://turtlememoir.wordpress.com/2010/09/25/901/
Thanks!
Sliding in at the last minute with a sort of found haibun. Great prompt!
http://www.poetryetcetc.com/?p=552
Liked that Ingrid Betancourt inspired a travelogue to document observations of history as presented and as myth-making. The prose so rich in detail and the ending apt closure. Thank-you.
I’m not very good at haiku & this is my first attempt at a haibun. For what it’s worth here is the link: http://almerimarlife.com/forum/topic/1031/siren-song-a-haibun-by-iain-douglas-kemp/
Cheers all
Iain
New to haibun, haiku, and poetry writing in general…I found this prompt lots of fun.
http://thesmallnouns.blogspot.com/2010/09/intro-to-haibun.html
I’m sliding in right at the end. It was fun to write this one.
http://riversruminations.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-1st-haibun.html
Thought I’d try a haibun – better late than never – but the travel was confined to one room!
The young girl performend rhythmic steps in a repeated sequence, her body describing fluid arcs of mobile poetry. The life class students followed her with eyes which attempted to copy the dance.
paper and pencil
in the hands of an artist
freeze frame her movements
Glad you were able to extract even more from your class experience, Jinksy!
one room trip.. it’s a great travel log expressed in haibun
Posting late..
a girl in Tokyo
yeah, me too.. late, late, late….. diapedesis