Shawn L. Bird

14 Responses to “haiku- angel wings”

1. timthepoet Says:

   September 17, 2013 at 12:14 am

   Your work is always good.

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   • Shawn L. Bird Says:

     September 17, 2013 at 12:44 am

     Thank you

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2. judithgreene Says:

   September 17, 2013 at 1:51 am

   Very visual, for me at least. Casts an image that lingers long after reading.

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   • Shawn L. Bird Says:

     September 17, 2013 at 12:13 pm

     I’m glad it lingers

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3. macjam47 Says:

   September 17, 2013 at 4:10 am

   So beautiful! Love your poetry.

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   • Shawn L. Bird Says:

     September 17, 2013 at 12:12 pm

     Thank you.

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4. monalisajoshi105 Says:

   September 17, 2013 at 4:48 am

   great way to express through Haiku …is it a Chinese style if I am not wrong ?

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   • Shawn L. Bird Says:

     September 17, 2013 at 12:12 pm

     Japanese. Three lines. 5-7-5 syllables.

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     • monalisajoshi105 Says:

       September 17, 2013 at 11:12 pm

       thank you Shawn..for the information…feels great to learn more and more ..I will keep connected and look forward to read and exchange blogs, posts, views and comments ..have a great day ❤
     • Aquileana Says:

       September 22, 2013 at 7:37 pm

       Of course Japanese…

       I am sending you some information I have in an em@il i once sent to a good poet friend.

       ►►►HAIKUS/POETRY

       Haiku in English
       Some of the more common practices in English include:
       use of three lines of up to 17 syllables,[1] traditionally in “5–7–5” form.[a][2][3]
       allusion to nature or the seasons.[4]
       use of a caesura or kire represented by punctuation, space, a line-break, or a grammatical break[1] to compare two images implicitly.[5]
       English haiku do not adhere to the strict syllable count found in Japanese haiku,[6] and the typical length of haiku appearing in the main English-language journals is 10–14 syllables.[7][8]

       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_in_English

       ►►►Matsuo Bashō
       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuo_Bash%C5%8D

       http://carlsensei.com/classical/index.php/author/view/1

       >Sad nodes
       we’re all the bamboo’s children
       in the end

       >This pervasive silence
       Enhanced yet by cicadas simmering
       Into the Temple Rocks dissipating

       >Should I take it in my hand,
       it would disappear with my hot tears,
       like the frost of autumn.

       ►►►Kobayashi Issa

       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Issa

       Tweets by issa_haiku

       http://haikuguy.com/issa/

       >Everything I touch
       with tenderness, alas,
       pricks like a bramble.

       >to my window
       he comes as usual…
       thin mist
       ___________________________________

       I wish you find this information useful, Shawn

       Cheers Aquileana 🙂
     • Shawn L. Bird Says:

       September 22, 2013 at 8:10 pm

       Being very literal, I really stick to the 5 7 5 configuration even in English, though I know some feel a bit freer with their syllables. I am a lot freer with my subject matter. You may have noted that I published a book of haiku last year. There’s a free coupon here: https://shawnbird.com/2012/05/27/a-year-in-love/
     • Aquileana Says:

       September 23, 2013 at 6:55 pm

       Thanks Shawn!!! … I´ll be certainly reading both, your book & blog…

       Have a great week ahead; TTY; Aquileana 🙂
5. Aquileana Says:

   September 22, 2013 at 7:40 pm

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   SHAWN;

   YOUR HAIKU IS BEAUTIFUL, I LOVE THE TOPIC YOU HAVE CHOOSEN & ALMOST CAN FEEL THE GLOOMY TOUCH OF THOSE ANGEL WINGS

   I THINK THIS IMAGE SPEKAS MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS:

   THAT WAS A LITTLE GIFT FOR YOU 🙂

   TALK SOON; CHEERS!

   AQUILEANA 😉

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   • Shawn L. Bird Says:

     September 22, 2013 at 8:04 pm

     Thank you.

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