Long Hiku Poems

ADDENDA
READING ALOUD Reading a poem silently ( as  compared to aloud)is the difference between staring at sheet music and playing the music on an instrument.Recitation  equates poetry to the experience of viewing a painting or...

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My First poem posted here May 2007 was  an enigmatic Lanterne

Viduage

Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

My First ekphrasis (poem no 2 here ) BELLA

Bella

He
opened
the window-
in streamed his first
love
with
flowers,
dressed
in white-
she haunted his
art.

An Ekphrasis in lanterne  sequence on Marc Chagall

MY FIRST POEM I EVER WROTE poem no 3 here. a favoured form  AN ALLITERATION

Connections
Confront,clash,collide
COMBAT !
Cold shoulder,chill,cool
CUT-OFF !
Cry,crave,collect
CALL-ON !
Constant,compassion,consider
CHARITY !
Confer,commune,converse
COMMUNICATE !
Convene,concert,consensus
CONCORD !
COVENANT ! CHRIST ! CHURCH !

MY FIRST IMAGIST POEM -REFLECTIONS

Reflections

Deep into the pool
A blue moon,ephemeral,
Below white-coated peaks,
Bleak and surreal,
The transient image too soon
Dissolves,and ripples into space,
As water though my grasp.

MY FIRST CINQUAIN (after Adelaide Crapsey)

Long days
Of August sun
Where nature blinks and shrinks
The dying grass,yellowed in sleep-
Held fast

MY FIRST HIKU 

On the wind,a bell
Muffled from across the square
Raindrops fill the air
why hiku ?

HAIKU means  the ' phonetical&cultural original 'in Japanese'

whereas HIKU

is the English language version(including translations)with similar economy of words without "telling all" thereby to ' show ' (conforming to the key to...

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Written: June 1st, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand

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s i l v e r  c
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"say Brian"
 what is your poetry creed?"

                POETRY IS AN ORAL ART AT ITS BEST WHEN  RECITED
 it then...

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2007
*
the country stile
hedged the wild flower meadow
where I sit awhile
*
shadows in the sky-
fluttering across my eye
a brown butterfly
*
on the wind,a bell-
muffled from across the square
raindrops fill the air
*
on the lawn
lily petals timeworn-
summer draws to its...

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haiku : metamorphose 

stillpoint explodes, bang
dark waters earth fire wind all ~ 
petals unfurl, soar
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  hiku
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still
•
point
e
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beneath
             the
                   s  ...

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HAIKU is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form 
whereas
 HIKU is a relatively recent reference to the 75year old established  haiku in English. Hiku being  an imagist tristich like...

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 haiku : rose
red rose her power
petals bright hold cherished scent ~
black spider inside
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hiku
~~~~~~~~~

r e d 
                  ...

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HAIKU is the ' phonetical&cultural original 'in Japanese'& in reality uses '17 'onji' (sound symbols)rather than syllables ,&traditionally written in Japanese as a single line

whereas

HIKU is the English language tristich (three line) version(including translations)with similar...

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hiku

&

you

&

me

are


ENTIRELY FREE 

TO BE


POETIC


TRISTIC-HALLY




HAIKU is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form 
whereas
 HIKU is a relatively recently reference to the 75year old established  haiku in English. Hiku being  an...

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So Japanese
was
the Hokku

  'til the master
came into view

then via Haikai

 on
along  the way

Matsuo Munefusa
  aka
    Bashó
   mastered 
 haiku
a phonetical&cultural
 'onji' *(in sound symbols)
came to be

  traditionally
per·pen·dicu·lar
 as a single line
   ...

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BORN ANEW

b(a

ud
bl
oss

som

s)
en
r

ewal


Note:
Hiku After style of ee cummings,VERTICAL form as used in the Haiga (combined art-poetry)

HAIKU is the ' phonetical&cultural original 'in Japanese'& in reality uses '17 'onji' (sound symbols)rather than syllables traditionally written in Japanese...

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haiku : turtle dove
 
 turtle dove landed
love sought crumbs on green grass dew ~
heart cracked so open 
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hiku : turtle dove

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t            ...

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Written: May 22, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand
   
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For Brian Strand's Your Choice U Poetry Contest

5 June 2025




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CREDO-POETRY IS AN ORAL ART AT ITS BEST WHEN  RECITED
                   it then becomes a two-way unique...

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             Spring Hiku 14                   ...

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Written: June 3, 2025, For contest by Brian Strand

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d
   e
      e
          p  blue sea  f r e s h n e s s
like the ...

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COLLECTION

VIDUAGE

Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

Lanterne #5

a
sea mist
rolls inshore-
daydreams deluge
me

Lanterne#18

Blind
alleys 
so often
have the deepest
ruts.

Lanterne 3

By
a stream
so shallow-
stoops a willow
tree.

Lanterne 177

May
blossom-
confetti
dancing on the
breeze

ART SCHOOL

The 
secret
of seeing-
knowing how to
see


RISING STAR

A
life in
the fast lane-
five minutes of
fame.

as a LANTERNE ALMANAC

WINTER
in
anger-
whips...

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HAIKU  is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form whereas HIKU is a relatively recently established English language version thereof 'birthed' from last half of the 20th century.
Hiku is an imagist tristich like its elder cousin,without a...

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