Best Hokku Poems


Premium Member Haiku - Celestial Seduction

lights weave through snowflakes 
teasing and twirling about 
distant stars dancing

a brilliant display
wearing only hand-me-downs
the moon steals the show

~FJ Thomas
01/01/2020
© FJ Thomas  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member My Very Sweet Love - the Hotan Style

~My  Very  Sweet  Love~ 
(Hotan Linked ) 


Here I am my sweet love 
Love, I'm waiting here for you 
You mean the whole world to me 
Me and you 
You're  here  in my heart 
Heart, mind, soul 
Soul and heart  loves you 
You're  all  I  want, I  long for 
For you I dream of. 


Dorian Petersen Potter 
aka ladydp2000 
copyright@2016



March.03.2017


“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” 
- Mark Twain 


~Author's  Notes:

The Hotan is  a Japanese poetry form or style.The  Hotan gets its name for being  a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and a Tanka (tan).

And To Autumn Turns Spring

Karmic seeds once sown,
Thought, I’d reap fruits by me grown,
Spring came, soon was gone,

And turned to summer too soon,
And fruitless far my fortune! 

It dawned: I might sow,
But it pays if I well know:
My job’s just to sow,

Man no more can than propose,
Someone sits there to dispose. 
______________________________
Rengay |16.02.2022|

Poet’s note: A twelfth century poetic style in Japan, Rengay started as a collaborative form of poetry, with two stanzas, the first called Hokku, later became Haiku of seventeen syllables in three lines. The next stanza is a couplet of seven syllables each in both the lines.


Premium Member Happy Thanksgiving Day To You - the Hotan Style

~Happy Thanksgiving Day Wishes To You~
(Hotan)


Today is Thanksgiving
A nice day to celebrate
Be around family and friends
Have good time
Enjoy a nice meal
Talk and laugh
Time to get closer
To thank God for everything
Recall His blessings


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2011


November.23.2016


~Author's  Notes:

The "Hotan" is  a syllabic  Japanese poetry form or style. The Hotan gets its name from it's syllable  pattern, being a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and a Tanka (tan).

Premium Member S E a S H E L L S - the Hotan Style

~Seashells~
(Hotan)


Seashells are pretty
They're  nice,  very colorful
Can be found at the seashores
By the sea
Walking at  the beach
There,  they show
For our very eyes
As waves lapping come and  go,
With the ebb  and  flow.


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2010



May.09.2017


“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” 
- Mark Twain- 


~Author's  Notes:

The   " Hotan "  is   a   Japanese syllabic poetry  form or style. The Hotan is  a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and  a Tanka (tan).

Premium Member Beautiful Angels - the Hotan Style

~ Beautiful   Angels ~
 (Hotan)

 Angels are Divine
 Appear in any form,  shape.
 From God to us sent
 From  Heaven
 They always descend
 They are here
 Reside among us
 You can find them anywhere
 Can be Anyone.


 Dorian Petersen Potter
 aka ladydp2000
 copyright@2015


January.15.2017


~Author's  Notes:

The Hotan is  a Japanese poetry form or style.The  Hotan gets its name for being  a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and a Tanka (tan).


Premium Member Seashells - the Japanese Hotan Style

~Seashells~
(Hotan)


Seashells are pretty
They are very colorful
Can be found at the seashore
By the sea
Walking by the beach
There,  they show
For our very eyes
As waves lapping come and go,
With the ebb and flow.


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2010




June.01.2016



~Author's Notes:

The "Hotan", is a Japanese style, being a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and a Tanka (tan).

Premium Member Winter Is Peeking Thru - the Hotan Style

~Winter Is Peeking Through~
(Hotan)


Winter is approaching
The weather getting colder
Time to grab a coat and scarf
Snow will fall
Some folks will have fun
Play in snow
Making huge snow man
Some skate in the mountains high
Christmas almost here.


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2010



November.19.2015



~Author's Notes:

The " Hotan " is  a Japanese style, being a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and  a Tanka (tan).

Dilemma

(This haiku isn't in the ancient hokku form).

Indecisive mind
divided feelings
state of no response

.........................................
Coming and going 
spell out your real heart
the miss confusion

.........................................
Wandering brain
from house to house
where is thy root?

........................................
Like end of the road
walking away legs
heart still in love.

Premium Member Books Are Really Awesome - the Hotan Style

Books Are Really Awesome~
(Hotan)


Books are just awesome
They open so many doors
With books we can learn a lot
We can travel
To places near or far
They are fun
They make us happy
Books are great tools of learning
They are very good friends.


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2010


September.24.2016


~Author's  Notes:

The "Hotan" is  a syllabic  Japanese poetry form or style. The Hotan gets its name from it's syllable  pattern, being a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and a Tanka (tan).

Premium Member Christmas Time- the Hotan N' Dodoitsu Style

~Christmas Time~
(Hotan/Dodoitsu)


Christmas getting close
It's now around the corner
Celebrate baby Jesus
Trees glow bright
Shine with awesome lights
Folks shopping
Time for rejoicing
Think of others that got less
Christmas, time to give

Spread all thru Christmas more love
Spread during Christmas more joy
Spread this holiday more cheer
Keep your heart open



Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2015


November.06.2016


~Author's  Notes:

The "Hotan" is  a syllabic  Japanese poetry form or style. The Hotan gets its name from it's syllable  pattern, being a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and a Tanka (tan).


The  "Dodoitsu" is  a  Japanese  poetry form or style.( The last 4 lines:)

Premium Member Love the Lord - the Hotan Style

~Love The Lord~
(Hotan)


Love Lord with all heart
His presence feel day thru night
Hear  His  love message  
Lord  loves all
Never  far away
When we fall
He's right  besides us
When troubled God hears our prayers
Lifts  spirits  day,  night.


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2013


May.05.2017



So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 
1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)

-“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 
John 3:16 (NIV) 

- Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer
Romans 12: 12 ( NIV )

-The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.” 
 Exodus  14: 13  ( NIV )



“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” 
- Mark Twain- 


~Author's  Notes:

The   " Hotan "  is   a   Japanese syllabic poetry  form or style. The Hotan is  a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and  a Tanka (tan).

Farmer's Cradle

Farmer plowed the soil
In green field’s
Sow grow in fruity
Duty is finished
Finally he will sound sleep—

Haiku (hokku) Form

By: lena
lie
25/9/07
© Lena Emp  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member S E a S H E L L S - the Hotan Style

~Seashells~
(Hotan)


Seashells are pretty
They are very colorful
Can be found at the seashore
By the sea
Walking by the beach
There,  they show
For our very eyes
As waves lapping come and go,
With the ebb and flow.


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2010



August.08.2016



~Author's Notes:

The " Hotan " is  a Japanese style, being a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and  a Tanka (tan).

Premium Member Summertime - the Japanese Hotan Style

~Summertime~
(Hotan)


It's summertime again
Folks are so happy is here
Spring is really gone now
Weathers hot
Some people enjoy
Others not
Temperature soar
Time to have some fun outdoors
Or relax inside.


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2010



May.18.2016




~Author's Notes:

The "Hotan", is a Japanese form, being a combination of a Haiku (hokku = ho) and a Tanka (tan).

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