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tempting waves –
the old boat still needs
a little rest
© Björn Rudberg
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The goal is to write the second stanza of this Tan Renga and make it complete or continue the image by association on themes in the first stanza.
the old boat still needs
a little rest (© Björn Rudberg)
in the backyard, next to the pond,
an old boat overgrown with Ivy (© Chèvrefeuille)
In this example you can see that the second stanza was inspired on the theme of the “old boat” in the first stanza. This was just an example, you can also associate on waves, little, need and so on. The choice is yours.
Here is my attempt to complete this Tan Renga started by Björn:
tempting waves –
the old boat still needs
a little rest (© Björn Rudberg)
an old sailor man with red-stained eyes
grieving for the loss of his boat (© Chèvrefeuille)And now it’s up to you. You don’t have to use the 7-7 syllables count for the second stanza, but feel free to do if you like to. Writing haiku and Tan Renga is fun and has to be free from rules … at least that’s my opinion. Write from your heart and not from your mind … go with the flow and let it inspire you..
photo from prompt
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My response to the prompt:
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snow falling
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The Prompt:
Than I have here our Carpe Diem Special, a haiku by our featured haiku-poet, Richard Wright (1908-1960) … he was a forefighter of the Black Americans and in his last years he discovered haiku. He wrote a lot of haiku (more than 4000) and compiled an anthology of his own work with 880 haiku. He is really a great haiku-poet and I am loving his work very much. So let us go on to another wonderful haiku written by him. I have tried to use a haiku which is close to the GW-post earlier in this post. I think I have found a nice one to share here for your inspiration.
In the falling snow
A laughing boy holds out his palms
Until they are white.
© Richard Wright
The goal of the Carpe Diem Special is to write a haiku inspired on the given haiku by the featured haiku poet and try to touch the same sense, tone and spirit.
Here is my ( Kristjaan Panneman) attempt:
through the early night
the laugh of children playing –
virgin snow
© Chèvrefeuille
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My response to the prompt:
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snow forts
dug in feet of snow
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She has written a nice GW-post (#37) about Robert Frost.
Winter is upon us and there’s no doubt about it.
The other evening I was sitting by the fireplace reading Robert Frost, one of my favorite poets. Unlike most of Frost’s poems his poem Dust of Snow has an essential quality about it that reminds me of a haiku.
We tend to think of Frost as always having written longish poems, but in fact he was very proud of his small compact poems. His Pulitzer Prize winning book of poetry, published in 1923 entitled “New Hampshire” contains many of his short poems for example, “Fire and Ice” or “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and “Dust of Snow” which is his shortest poem … One sentence in eight lines (two stanza), all but two are monosyllabic and yes … that means 17 syllables per stanza, a coincidence or had Frost come into contact with haiku at that early date?
Contemplating this poem, we see that a lot of its effect is derived from paradoxes … dust being related usually to something dirty, the fact that he was in a bad mood before the crow dumped snow down on him, which usually would put someone in a bad mood. I’m thinking that like a haiku, reading this poem can give us many layers of meanings outside of the 32 words.
I would invite you to read Robert Frost’s Poem and write about a similar incident using either a haiku or a tanka.
Dust of Snow
Robert Frost, 1874 – 1963
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The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
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Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.
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Kristjaan Panneman writes:
It’s a wonderful post, a similar with our Carpe Diem Distillation feature … so let this poem by Robert Frost inspire you to write an all new haiku (or tanka). It may be a distillation from the poem or inspired on the poem.
sudden gust of wind
snow swirls down on me
makes me shiver
© Chèvrefeuille
Hm … a nice one … brings nice memories into my mind … my happy childhood. I see that same happiness in the eyes of my children and grandchildren … awesome.
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