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Morning Haiku and Waka – January 22, 2015

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Georgia

cuckoo cuckoo
cuckoos echo through the woods
summer serenade

old grey-beard
walks past slowly slowly
towards the grave yard
with plants and old water can
he goes to adorn her grave

return spring sunshine
welcome spring migrants and blooms
swallows return soon

Here I’m trying to use repetition after reading the interesting lesson on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai’s “Haiku Writing Techniques”

13 thoughts on “Morning Haiku and Waka – January 22, 2015”

theblogwoman on January 22, 2015 at 07:28 said:

Your words paint a clear path for me – which doesn’t always occur with me and poetry. I do enjoy haiku.
Thanks.

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- Bastet on January 22, 2015 at 07:51 said:
  
  I too love haiku and other Japanese poetry forms … straightforward and to the point .. in cryptic sort of way 😉
  
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Cheryl-Lynn on January 22, 2015 at 08:07 said:

I love your morning waka every day and now I am curious as to this lesson I have missed…will have to catch up on the reading at CP this weekend…too busy at work…last supervision tomorrow with Attila…haha:)

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- Bastet on January 22, 2015 at 08:21 said:
  
  Yipes! Attila no less … I think we’re all feeling the winter blues a little … I’m having problems keeping pace and I don’t even go to work every day!
  
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  - Cheryl-Lynn on January 22, 2015 at 09:02 said:
    
    But you do soooooo much cara! and I don’t have a hubby to cater to (wink) I worked late tonight to finish my report and it takes me 10 times longer to write it in French. don’t know why I try to make it so grand, it’s going to get criticized again anyway.
    
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Jen on January 22, 2015 at 08:23 said:

Such a soft plea at the end — very beautifully done. And I was really touched by the second stanza.

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- Bastet on January 22, 2015 at 08:39 said:
  
  Ah yes … it really is a plea … another month and a half … we can do it! Darn … I think I wrote sparrow instead of swallows! The second haiku is something one sees often … we’ve got an old community…
  
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  - Jen on January 22, 2015 at 08:45 said:
    
    We think we can we think we can …….! 😉
    
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The Muscleheaded Blog on January 22, 2015 at 10:40 said:

This read made me smile.
Welcome back Spring… please hurry up. 🙂

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- Bastet on January 23, 2015 at 08:33 said:
  
  Spring keep calling … or is it we who keep calling spring … whatever, it’ll be nice to see those first swallows.
  
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  - The Muscleheaded Blog on January 23, 2015 at 08:56 said:
    
    Amen 🙂
    
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    - Bastet on January 23, 2015 at 09:41 said:
      
      Hallelujah, brother hallelujah!
      
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      - The Muscleheaded Blog on January 23, 2015 at 09:56 said:
        
        😀
        
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