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HAIGA: A Day In Halifax (24p); A Tour Of Ashby Lake (24p); Ageless Youth (24p); As Night Falls (24p); Banff (24p); Boardwalk (24p); Bridging The Gap (40p); Butterfly Kisses (24p); Butterfly Wings (66p); Chasing Dreams (40p); Day In The Park (24p); I Love Lilacs (94p); I Remember The Poppies (46p); Inner Peace (24p); Lilacs (24p,40p); Lily of the Valley (48p); Meadows (74p); Poppies (24p); Retro (24p); Spring Comes (24p); Sundown At Ashby Lake (24p); Sunrise At Ashby Lake (24p); Thru A Child's Eye (24p); Weeping Willows (24p,48p); Wild Roses (24p,40p,100p).

HAIBUN/PHOTOS: Ancestral Voices (80p); Primitive (24p).

POEM/PHOTOS: A Day In Sarnia (24p); A Mother'sHeart (40p); Across The Line (24p); After the Rain (64p); Afternoon At Pink Lake (24p); Bliss (24p); By Water's Edge (44p); Carpe Diem (24p); Diving In (24p,46p); Fall Fiesta (74p); Flying DownThe Highway (24p); Given Wings (24p); Going West (24p); Good Morning Sunshine (24p); Hanging Out (24p); Hello Butterfly (24p); I Dreamt (24p); I Wonder (24p); If Only (24p); In A Wink (24p); Koy Garden (24 p); Lessons Learned From Cat Sitting (22p); Merrickville (24p); Montreal Under Clouds (24p); New World (24p); New Year (24p); Outside My Window (46p); Peonies (24p); Rainy Mondays (24p); Rendezvous At Sundown (24p); Rolling Clouds (24p); Sunrise Meditation (24p,48p); Table For One (24p); The Road To My Father’s House (72p); Thru The Lens At Ashby Lake (24p); Waterlilies (24p); Waterlily Garden (42p); Wealth (24p); Winter Calm (76p); Zen Garden (24p); Zen Moments (24p).

MINI ANTHOLOGY/PHOTOS : A Child's World (24p); A Poem Born (24p); A Simple Man (24p); Always With Me (24p); Bygone Days Of Summer (24p); Caffeine Infusion (24p); Can't Imagine (24p); Censored (24p); Clouds Meander (24p); Covid 2020 (24p); Dark Clouds (24p); Gatekeeper (24p); Namaste (24p); Random Musings volumes 1,2,3,4 (24p each); Ribbons & Clouds (62p); Seeking Peace Of Mind (24p); Snow White (24p); Sunlit Ripples (24p); Sunsetting Whispers (24p); The Power Of Two (24p).

POEM/SKETCHES : Flash Memory Therapy (32p,92p); Play.Enjoy.Relax.Create. (24p); THE STORY OF DENNIS in four tomes (biographical prose/sketches 50/48/44/54p).

WORKING ON : Anthology/Tips for Budding Poets (poetry); website OttawaPoetry.com

ABOUT ME : Late babyboomer Canadian born in the beautiful Eastern Townships of Quebec, and raised in Northern Ontario. Fell in love with Ottawa where I received my B.A. with a major in french literature. Still living in Ottawa, I'm finding out that oncoming golden years offer a very rich perspective on life and beauty.

The themes of my poetry are found in everyday life. I write mostly free verse but I'm also a member of Haiku Canada and have had haiku published in various anthologies.

Please visit often my growing collection of poems and I hope you find many will resonate with you. I'd love to hear your comments.

By the way, my name is pronounced Lynn, and my avatar is an ink painting I created on rice paper years ago. The symbol means PLAY - something I have finally learned to do in later years and poetry is definitely my favorite form of play.

MY 20 MOST DEFINING POEMS :

BIOGRAPHICAL :

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/i_am_1247728

I Am - unveils the true me

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/armand_1934-2001_1159342

Armand (1934-2001) – tribute to my father, a significant role model in my formative years

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/flash_memory_therapy_1006627

Flash Memory Therapy – this was an innovative idea I had so I sketched over 400 sketches of my memories

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/how_could_i_not_remember_944854

How Could I Not Remember – tribute to my grand-mother, the first true love of my life

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_fondest_wishes_as_a_child_1038735

My Fondest Wishes As A Child – the innocent years before any of the disappointments of life

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/paradigm_shift_932565

Paradigm Shift – this is about an important life transforming moment in my life

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/welcome_to_my_avatar_1106649

Welcome to My Avatar – I was packing up my brushes disappointed and said I'll try one more ~ my avatar is the result of not giving up

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/what_i_remember_most_1164514

What I Remember Most – tribute to my mother, my role model in so many ways during my most impressionable years

FANTASY :

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/photography_meraki_967433

Photography Meraki – I let my whimsy loose to have fun expressing my passion for photography

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_elephant_and_the_ant_996862

The Elephant and the Ant – my personal whimsical favorite that combines my love for monorhymes and children’s literature

GRIEF :

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/bagpipes_wail_1135902

Bagpipes Wail – picturing my own funeral ~ bagpipes make me very emotional

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/mooney_1022865

Mooney – my warmest bonding moment ever with a pet

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_c_bomb_1055797

The C Bomb – about my husband being diagnosed with cancer

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_caterpillar_who_refused_to_die_1070901

The Caterpillar Who Refused To Die – this is me not seeing the big picture, not realizing I am meant to become a butterfly

NATURE :

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/land_of_mine_1053797

Land Of Mine – I felt very patriotic while writing this poem

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_road_to_my_fathers_house_1171466

The Road To My Father’s House – driving 'home' to visit, I always felt an awesome closeness to the countryside my father was deeply connected to

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/waterlily_alley_985984

Waterlily Alley – this poem marries my passion for whimsy, nature, canoeing and waterlilies

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/whale_songs_946382

Whale Songs – expresses my deep spiritual affinity to these gentle giants

ZEN :

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/borrowed_bits_of_spirituality_998634

Borrowed Bits Of Spirituality – my heart is in this piece

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/sunrise_meditation_1114372

Sunrise Meditation – it felt surreal to dream up the only meditation piece in my portfolio

TIME :

www.poetrysoup.com/poem/slipping_away_1150248

Slipping Away – it’s an A to Z look at myself

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Haiku Conference Notes re HAIKU FORM

Blog Posted:5/24/2018 6:22:00 PM

Last weekend I was at a national HAIKU conference. The parting words to us were “Now go out and be haiku activists and help widen awareness of what haiku really is”. Though I have no intention of becoming a haiku police, I am committed to work on my own haiku skills and… share with anyone interested in listening.

Haiku is so popular yet so little is known about it. It reminds me of how ‘everyone’ thinks sushi is raw fish when in fact it is vinegared rice… yet people will argue with you ad nauseum. God bless those with more patience than I who finally do succeed at converting them!

But back to writing poetry, go where your muse takes you but… not every short poem is a haiku. If your poem has feelings similes, metaphors… Consider other forms such as: senryu, monoku, one-liner, tanka.

HAIKU-

FYI, here is an informal list of HAIKU GUIDELINES: -

1. OFTEN uses reference to 1 of the 5 seasons: spring, summer, fall, winter, new year,

2. OFTEN the ‘turn’ is on the second line (takes the reader in another direction),

3. NO unnecessary capitalization,

4. NO title,

5. NO unnecessary punctuation at end of lines,

6. NO use of abstract concepts (must be concrete),

7. NO personification,

8. NO unnecessary adjectives or adverbs,

9. NO full sentences: It’s a poem of few words with much left unsaid,

10. NO use of fantasy,

11. NO similes allowed,

12. NO explanation of haiku in last line,

13. NO heavy emotional words (should be felt not read),

14. MUST have a feeling of the present moment (NO past or future),

15. MUST be more than a description,

16. MAX 2 ideas (scenery + thought),

17. Rare use of I, you or we,

18. AND… there is no strict 5-7-5 syllable count – “haiku should be read in one breath” so there can be less syllables per line.

Quotes from Naomi Wakan’s HAIKU: one breath poetry p.10 “The best haiku will often leave you pondering some big thoughts, such as ”What does life mean?” and “Why am I here on earth?””, p.15 “Zen Buddhism connects small moments of life to the whole universe and so, like Taoism, its study is perfect for someone who wants to write haiku. It encourages a very simple lifestyle closely connected to nature and the seasons.” p.43 “To review, a haiku describes one event, is in the present tense and refers to an image(s) somehow connected to nature. A haiku is about something that the poet has noticed, heard, smelled, tasted or touched. The poet makes that moment, however small, a very important one.” Haiku is about mindfulness. It comes from the senses, no puns, no fancy words. Write what you see not what you feel – give facts without emotion. A haiku should take your breath away, make you ponder and wonder, leave you asking questions. A detail in a moment can reveal some basic truth of the universe.

Unlike the Japanese haiku that often pay tribute to Mount Fuji or other famous places, we Canadians and Americans avoid to do so. Let’s start paying homage to our local sites, besides many have beautiful or even poetic names.

More will follow on the other topics discussed during the conference.

Line xx

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Tom
Cunningham

Date: 5/25/2018 4:25:00 PM

Great information you have given us Line, I know there are strict guidelines for true hakiu and we all tend to skip certain rules etc. I do like the idea of true hakiu, capturing a scene from nature, I suppose its like taking a photo but in written form and the reader should see the image in their mind. Yes, Id be prepared to listen. Tom

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/25/2018 4:54:00 PM

Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, Tom. I look forward to reading your creations.

Brian
Strand

Date: 5/25/2018 9:15:00 AM

Line ,this short memory aid SHOW,DON'T TELL also works well for haiku and similar imagist forms ie cinquain,cinqku,lanterne

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/25/2018 9:18:00 AM

Thanks for the much appreciated visit and valuable comment, Brian.

Susan
Gentry

Date: 5/25/2018 5:08:00 AM

I have always liked haiku and think this is very informative . It will be hard for me to let go of the 5-7-5 if I decide to, but the rest of what you say puts haiku in perspective. Lately, I've been mixed up - haiku, senryu, etc. Thanks, Line. Will continue to read your conference summaries. :)

Line Gauthier
Date: 5/25/2018 8:12:00 AM

Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comments, Susan.

Susan Gentry
Date: 5/25/2018 5:14:00 AM

Note - I think that less is best in haiku. Leaving out pronouns, conjunctions and, the, of, but, because, etc helps haiku be more succinct.

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Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
6/28/2022	THE WINDS OF TIME	Free verse	appreciation,life,time,
6/28/2022	TWIST OF TRUTH	Rhyme	games,truth,
6/28/2022	NO MAN'S LAND	Free verse	confusion,longing,love,re
6/27/2022	one sneer too many	Free verse	bullying,change,dream,str
6/26/2022	breaking free	Haiku	butterfly,change,mystery,
6/26/2022	don't be sad	Free verse	love,sad,sweet,uplifting,
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6/26/2022	alone again	Free verse	loneliness,longing,night,
6/25/2022	COUNT ON ME	Rhyme	family,sister,uplifting,
6/25/2022	SEMPER, MATER VESTER	Rhyme	children,love,mother,
6/25/2022	i looked at you	Senryu	longing,love,moon,
6/24/2022	ALL TOO MANY WAYS	Free verse	longing,love,relationship
6/24/2022	if for no other reason	Free verse	appreciation,cheer up,con
6/23/2022	BEYOND THE WALL	Sonnet	death,grief,longing,love,
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6/18/2022	GOOD OL' FRED	Rhyme	fish,funny,nonsense,silly
6/17/2022	BEYOND THE WALL	Rhyme	death,loneliness,longing,
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6/17/2022	our own backyard	Free verse	emotions,feelings,longing
6/17/2022	IN THE SILENCE OF THE NIGHT	Free verse	longing,lost love,relatio
6/17/2022	i want more	Monoku	desire,longing,love,passi
6/14/2022	UNLESS OF COURSE	Free verse	poetry,silence,spoken wor
6/14/2022	for purrposes unknown	Alliteration	cat,purple,
6/12/2022	flirting	Free verse	games,romance,word play,
6/12/2022	sorry	Monoku	flower,love,relationship,
6/12/2022	it's complicated	Free verse	confusion,games,irony,rel
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PoemTitle	Form	Categories
The silence of my goodbye	Free verse	heartbreak,loss,pain,
NEVER GOING TO DRAG ME DOWN	Rhyme	inspiration,
pun with eggs	Rhyme	fun,humor,
Can I have a delivery please	Rhyme	fun,
The Song of a Blind Man	Ballad	friendship,music,
Violin	Personification	death,love,rose,
Funny Sexy Me	Rhyme	sexy,
Rainy Morning	Light Verse	rain,
She loves and needs seven	Quatrain	math,mental illness,
May the road never end	Free verse	cute,nature,
It is Written in a Star	Concrete	history,love,peace,
Haiku to Heaven	Haiku	god,heaven,love,truth,
Upon Awakening	Free verse	appreciation,beauty,
A Nook and a Storybook	Quatrain	adventure,best friend,boo
Imagine, After Forever	Acrostic	lost,memory,
A Puppy named 'Pig' N A Puddle	Light Verse	dog,fear,humorous,
Particularly	Monoku	beautiful,giving,love,
My Perfect Day	Rhyme	day,death,son,
I am strong	Free verse	character,confidence,disc
Centurion of Stone	Personification	fantasy,
Indian Ink	Dramatic Verse	abuse,autumn,death,deep,f
Sardines	Imagism	fish,imagery,journey,life
She touched the water	Free verse	muse,
For Darren	Free verse	friendship,health,metapho
To Speak Of Women	Free verse	appreciation,love,relatio
FLYING	Questionku	prayer,
Subtle Sounds	Blank verse	beauty,feelings,inspirati
The Beauty of a Butterfly	Concrete	butterfly,care,celebratio
Cynrosa	Free verse	confusion,dream,imaginati
The Zen of Water and Sky	Rhyme	nature,peace,
We are Lovers	Free verse	love,relationship,
Creation	Free verse	beauty,
So Glad They Are Back	Haiku	environment,fairy,silence
Hot Chocolate, Coffee and Tea	Concrete	silly,
My Favorite Christmas Memory	Couplet	christmas,mom,mother daug
Goodbye Darling Peter Pan	Rhyme	change,growing up,love,mi
Ellen's Frame	Rhyme	fate,
of ghosts and relationships	Free verse	bereavement,
View from the prism of 'ism'	Monorhyme	satire,society,truth,word
Summer Love Sonnet	Sonnet	appreciation,nature,summe
A Symphony of Summer	Rhyme	love,passion,storm,summer
Fear Not, Death	Iambic Pentameter	allegory,death,faith,fear
Toddler Tea	Free verse	baby,children,kids,humor,
my ''KARMA''	Rhyme	life,
Understanding	Free verse	life,
Memories of Her	Rhyme	grandmother,remember,
Stargazing Reflections	Haiku	emotions,introspection,li
Elizabeth II	Rhyme Royal	children,dedication,engla
haiku	Haiku	tree,
Dark Wings	Free verse	dance,metaphor,passion,se
Anno	Limerick	music
Poem to Self in Passing	Rhyme	birth,death,sea,
Love, The Exit Strategy	Prose Poetry	angel,death,god,
My Window	Quatrain	age,faith,peace,
Bird of Prey	Ekphrasis	bird,imagery,
a poet cries real tears	Free verse	change,
Assuming My Role in the Diorama	Rhyme	angst,conflict,day,fantas
Caress my Soul	Free verse	beautiful,cute love,love,
That Old House at the End of the Road	Couplet	house,ocean,
Billies Brothers	Limerick	brother,mother,old,techno
This Path	Rhyme	life,
Googling Cats	Rhyme	cat,fun,
Until You Return	Free verse	love,missing you,relation
My Opinion on Religion Take 9	Free verse	confidence,deep,devotion,
The Jerusalem War Between Boys	Free verse	anger,arabic,conflict,gos
One Regret	Sonnet	introspection,life,
Mysteries: Monoku 3	Monoku	earth,mystery,
An Angel	Blank verse	angel,angst,bereavement,e
November Rain	Verse	loneliness,sad love,
Mothers Hear	Free verse	emotions,family,feelings,
Drinks with her maj	Limerick	silly,
Advice Not From Your Mother	Free verse	10th grade,12th grade,app
As if she rose with the sun	Choka	death of a friend,lonelin
love the unlovable	Free verse	childhood,growth,how i fe
Diosa Del Amor	Rhyme	beauty,fantasy,love,lust,
To All the Pens I've Lost Before	Lyric	humor,
A Man Called Leo	Quatrain	anxiety,emotions,father s
Night	Free verse	night,weather,
Endlessly	Haiku	devotion,time,
Frosted Panes	Quatrain	sea,winter,
The Weathered Years	Sonnet	life,
Dear Santa I want a batmobile	Rhyme	child,christmas,
The Stone	Rhyme	relationship,
RENAISSANCE WOMAN	I do not know?	passion,
Love Letter	Rhyme	childhood,crush,cute love
Who is Who	Rhyme	confusion,giggle,identity
Weep Not for Sins That Are Long Past	Sonnet	hope,inspiration,
Coffee	Rhyme	funny,
The Hot Brazilian	Rhyme	absence,confusion,feeling
A Blank Page Awaits	Rhyme	art,poetry,writing,
A Lonely Silver Ribbon	Rhyme	christmas,loneliness,lone
See You When You Get There	Free verse	heaven,
My God	Rhyme	sea,water,
It's Christmas Time Again	Rhyme	christmas,sister,suicide,
Cleaning out your room	Free verse	goodbye,loss,
Summer Camp Souvenirs	Light Verse	childhood,humorous,parent
DIVINITY	Bio	america,anger,bangla,bask
Stand Closer To the Mirror	Free verse	age,anxiety,appreciation,
A BLIND MAN'S PATH	Free verse	introspection,
Mirror to the past	Free verse	angst,child abuse,memory,