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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
4/23/2024	Midnight Stroll	Free verse	lonely,lost love,nature,n
4/15/2024	HANGING ON	Free verse	dark,hope,silence,
12/17/2023	ON THE CUSP OF BECOMING	Haibun	age,brother,future,growin
11/24/2023	excited children	Haiku	autumn,children,joy,sound
11/4/2023	THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US	Free verse	hope,longing,loss,lost lo
10/18/2023	Voice In the Night	Free verse	longing,night,silence,sor
10/3/2023	LIAR	Free verse	loneliness,moon,night,sur
9/28/2023	Out of Thin Air	Free verse	color,longing,summer,suns
7/18/2023	TOMORROW'S SANDCASTLE	Free verse	longing,love,night,sleep,
7/17/2023	More Than Words Can Tell	Free verse	love,sunset,
7/14/2023	STAGGERING	Rhyme	journey,life,loneliness,l
7/12/2023	Summer Love	Free verse	romantic,rose,sensual,sum
7/6/2023	Lullabies In the Dark	Free verse	fantasy,moon,night,stars,
6/28/2023	Blind With Faith	Free verse	faith,love,together,trust
6/27/2023	On Any Given Day	Free verse	heartbreak,longing,loss,s
6/27/2023	Mending Wounds	Free verse	longing,love,time,trust,
6/26/2023	Come Midnight	Free verse	longing,love,night,surrea
6/26/2023	Beacon of Love	Free verse	appreciation,happy,heart,
6/25/2023	Within Reach	Free verse	heart,longing,love,night,
6/25/2023	Grounded	Free verse	longing,love,
6/24/2023	Midnight Magic	Free verse	magic,moon,surreal,togeth
6/23/2023	Are You For Me Or Against	Free verse	anxiety,confidence,identi
6/23/2023	State of Zen	Free verse	heart,peace,time,
6/23/2023	Everywhere I Look	Free verse	longing,love,together,
6/22/2023	My Heart For the Taking	Free verse	heart,loneliness,longing,
6/22/2023	Not a Hope In Sight	Free verse	break up,hope,loneliness,
6/22/2023	I Closed My Eyes	Free verse	loneliness,longing,togeth
6/20/2023	Light In the Night	Senryu	dream,hope,night,prayer,
6/19/2023	Twice Forsaken	Free verse	anger,angst,anxiety,fate,
6/18/2023	Come and Play With Me	Free verse	humor,nature,youth,
6/14/2023	Be Brave, My Little One	Free verse	confidence,courage,inspir
6/14/2023	Kindness Matters	Free verse	encouraging,freedom,givin
6/13/2023	The Day Will Come	Free verse	future,longing,love,
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6/12/2023	Channelling	Free verse	girl,poetry,soldier,surre
6/11/2023	I Love a Rainfall	Free verse	heart,loneliness,longing,
6/9/2023	It's Not Over	Free verse	age,future,hope,journey,l
6/9/2023	Attenuating Circumstances	Free verse	life,
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6/8/2023	The Way Forward	Free verse	journey,life,love,togethe
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4/13/2023	Alastair, the Sailor	Free verse	age,friend,life,sea,trave
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3/29/2023	And Yet ---	Free verse	longing,love,time,
3/28/2023	Daybreak Resets My World	Free verse	bird,encouraging,morning,
3/28/2023	Starlit Gyroscope	Free verse	confusion,fantasy,lost,ni
3/27/2023	Is This As Good As It Gets	Free verse	angst,loneliness,love,
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3/25/2023	Yet If It Wasn't So	Free verse	dark,night,silence,voice,
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Caress My Soul	Free verse	beautiful,cute love,love,
The Tale of Fairies	Narrative	fairy,children,joy,
Talking Trash	Prose Poetry	retirement,me,me,
Hot Chocolate, Coffee and Tea	Concrete	silly,
diosa del amor -	Rhyme	beauty,fantasy,love,lust,
It's Christmas Time Again	Rhyme	christmas,sister,suicide,
Pun With Eggs	Rhyme	fun,humor,
I Am	Bio	introspection,metaphor,
Cookie Cutters, Hot Cocoa, and An Angel	Rhyme	christmas,nostalgia,
Anno	Limerick	music
The Song of a Blind Man	Ballad	friendship,music,
Constanza For a Loggerhead	Rhyme	beach,natural disasters,n
Here and Gone	Free verse	appreciation,creation,lif
The Weathered Years	Sonnet	life,
Violin	Personification	death,love,rose,
He Forgives	Free verse	faith
It Is Written In a Star	Concrete	history,love,peace,
Assuming My Role In the Diorama	Rhyme	angst,conflict,day,fantas
Coffee	Rhyme	funny,
The Silence of My Goodbye	Free verse	heartbreak,loss,pain,
''The Prince of Time''	Rhyme	love,
My Persona's Adventurous Quests	Free verse	identity,image,people,per
Mysteries: Monoku 3	Monoku	earth,mystery,
Bemused Wonder	Free verse	poetry,
Shasta Daisy	Haiku	flower,nature,
Breath of Love	Triolet	death,love,
Born In a Shack	Rubaiyat	beauty,dedication,fantasy
- Haiku X 125 - Frog -	Haiku	animal,love,princess,
My Opinion On Religion Take 9	Free verse	confidence,deep,devotion,
You Are Loved	Quatern	angst,anxiety,conflict,de
Dented Cans - a Love Story	Tanka	symbolism,
Cleaning Out Your Room	Free verse	goodbye,loss,
Salvador Dali's Cat	Rhyme	art,cat,
Imagine, After Forever	Acrostic	lost,memory,
Memorial Day	Senryu	memorial day,
Summer Love	Free verse	perspective,summer,sun,
Funny Sexy Me	Rhyme	sexy,
Selvedge Edges	Free verse	courage,endurance,family,
Sound Poem	Verse	poetry,word play,
The Music of the Wind	Free verse	9th grade,love,nature,
Sweet Home Jerusalem	Lyric	god,peace,prayer,
Bronze Oceans	Ekphrasis	boat,color,ocean,
Haiku To Heaven	Haiku	god,heaven,love,truth,
Counting Seconds-The Rewrite	Prose	mental illness,
Hollow	Free verse	deep,feelings,lost love,l
The Life of Death	Blank verse	death,life,truth,
Dear Santa I Want a Batmobile	Rhyme	child,christmas,
frozen farewell -	Sonnet	analogy,christmas,goodbye
Astounding Healing	Sijo	life,
I Am Strong	Free verse	character,confidence,disc
Shape	Shape	beautiful,blessing,butter
Creation	Free verse	beauty,
Beauty	Free verse	beauty,dog,
Your Not Alone	Rhyme	endurance,song,
The Lovers	Rhyme	love,passion,sea,sky,
Silence	Free verse	silence,
Haunted By the Past	Rhyme	angst,introspection,memor
Los Angeles	Free verse	longing,love,
Short Stories	Free verse	life,
The Feelings Came So Damned Fast	Rhyme	feelings,
End of An Era	Verse	life,old,
My Last Will and Testament	Free verse	dedication,
Of Ghosts and Relationships	Free verse	bereavement,
Brume	Free verse	change,perspective,relati
Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be	Rhyme	funny,
Solitude By the Reverie	Free verse	day,dream,surreal,
Flirty Sunflowers	Haiku	flower,kiss,sun,
Dance of the Firebird	Free verse	beautiful,dance,sensual,
Gallows	Rhyme	hate,murder,racism,
A Dance With the Man In the Moon	Free verse	imagination,nature,
Poetry Soap	Couplet	abuse,conflict,jealousy,l
When You'Re Gone	Free verse	farewell,grief,sad,
She Is Taking My Friends Away	Free verse	3rd grade,4th grade,5th g
A Gift of Love	Sonnet	love,mother,
What Is Your Soul Dream	Free verse	best friend,boyfriend,gir
Living	Epigram	appreciation,life,
A Puppy Named 'Pig' N a Puddle	Light Verse	dog,fear,humorous,
She Touched the Water	Free verse	muse,
If We Had Met	Rhyme	fate,lost love,
A Blind Man and His Poetic Friend- In Braille	Quatrain	love,perspective,philosop
Alien Abduction	Blank verse	fantasy,imagination,sexy,
Dandelion Dreams	Blank verse	beauty,day,imagery,nature
Patina of Pain	Rhyme	analogy,color,image,pain,
Doll	Free verse	abuse,appreciation,intros
Don'T Just Love Those That Love You	Rhyme	inspiration,life,
'who'	Questionku	hurt,words,
The Iguana -- But Not In a Blizzard	Rhyme	animal,bird,flying,storm,
The Unicorn	Rhyme	fantasy,
Anemophily	Tanka	earth,god,life,
A Symphony of Summer	Rhyme	love,passion,storm,summer
Kelp Me With This Won'T You	Limerick	ocean,
Wounded	I do not know?	death,depression,love,sou
breath to breath -	Sonnet	analogy,lost love,metapho
Lets Dance	Free verse	love,marriage,romance,
Sea Idyll	Rhyme	fantasy,imagination,love,
Poem To Self In Passing	Rhyme	birth,death,sea,
Rainbow Promise	Personification	earth,rain,
Dusk	Quatrain	beauty,imagery,nature,nig
The Shoe Store Bantering	Light Verse	funny love,silly,
The Beginning of the End	Rhyme	time,