Day 3 Highlights
Day 3 was all about that funny little form the haiku. Some people complained; others moaned; but everyone took a shot (or even several shots) at writing this Japanese classic….
Day 3 was all about that funny little form the haiku. Some people complained; others moaned; but everyone took a shot (or even several shots) at writing this Japanese classic. Here are some of the pieces that made me stop and ponder.
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Crescent moon at dawn
frosted blossoms bowing low
to the rising light
Lorraine Hart |lorrainehartAT NOSPAMgmail dot com
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Scarlet clouds
drift over the sun.
Hawks snatch their prey.
Margaret Fieland |infoAT NOSPAMmargaretfieland dot com
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Soaring hawk
On a cold blue morning
A mole’s destiny
Judy Brassard |judyb144AT NOSPAMhotmail dot com
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Sudden rain
Pitter-patter shore of flamenco
Flip-flop
Zona Yi-Ping Tsou |besidelakeAT NOSPAMgmail dot com
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yellow jackets hum
hanging on old-barked branches
late for the party
Khara House |leftnwrite08AT NOSPAMyahoo dot com
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Girls in the driveway
hopping up and down, twirling,
above white clouds dance.
patti williams |pwilliamswriterAT NOSPAMaol dot com
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Flaming trees herald
the last drunken flight of butterflies
before the first frost
A.C. Leming |fackorfAT NOSPAMhotmail dot com
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Two trails through cracked leaves.
Light and twigs cast chickenscratch
Warmly on two trails.
David Edwards |zehayeAT NOSPAMmsn dot com
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as wet as the pond
fishing with my son
in the June rain
Mike Barzacchini |mjbarzAT NOSPAMyahoo dot com
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My corgis pause
to water the dogwoods;
coats wet with spring dew
Marcus Smith |sleeperdesuAT NOSPAMhotmail dot com
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wind whips aloft
fire light filtered through
tree branches
AlaskanRC |Ruffian_chick24AT NOSPAMyahoo dot com

Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.