rogue uNderGrouND's
H A I K U
HALLWAY
I have always loved HAiku, ever since I was in high school and I studied it for my literary magazine. I am presenting this Hallway here at Rogue Underground, where you can feel free to exhibit your contributions to this beautiful Japanese form of poetic expression.
When I decided to add this Hallway, I did a little research on the subject. I found, to my surprise, that the Haiku form is not limited to the three-lined 5-7-5-syllable form that I originally thought it was. Upon doing this research, I read countless Haiku poems and I have come to the conclusion that I like the traditional form the best. I think of the three-lined 5-7-5 rendition of Haiku as the twelve-bar blues of the form, in that the challenge of it exists in the discipline of its creation, and I have learned through music that there is a tremendous amount of satisfaction one achieves in managing to create something of worth within the structure of a defined form - I call this "freedom through discipline" and I invite you to participate in the creation of such Haiku here at Rogue Underground.
This is not a contest ~~ I will post all poems in the Haiku form that are submitted to me. The only requirement is that they fit the 3-lined 5 syllable, 7 syllable, 5 syllable structure. This is the challenge. Below are some samples of this form - the first two are by Japanese Haiku poets, the other two were written by me.
New Year's Holiday --
she sleeps beside the mother
whom she
left
alone
--------- TAIGA
A petal shower
of mountain roses, and the
sound of the rapids
---------MaTsuo Basho
The room at the end -
the dusky sequel to me
I am not in it
--------------rogue (me)
close-minded people
re dense, like the hardened mud
of a thousand rains
----------------rogue
Electricity
sparkles on the calm water
It is the sunlight
---------------Bryan Stuckey (aka "Xin")
I feel like crying
My life,
pouring from my eyes
because I am here
-----------------------Bryan Stuckey (aka "Xin")
You can't hide from me
am all your misery
You don't look happy
--------------------Bryan Stuckey (aka "Xin")
A SPECIAL NOTE TO JAN CREE, the writer of the next four - I couldn't send you email at the address you gave me, to send you your Birthcard reading! Please contact me again with a different address.
Gold in the rivers
Silver found in the black hills
baubles for the ears
-----------Jan Cree
Cats always pawing
Kneading everything in sight
Ah, what contentment
-------------Jan Cree
Whipperwills singing
Rivers flowing endlessly
A touch of nature
--------------Jan Cree
Deep blue sky so high
yellow sun so very low
together at dusk.
----------Jan Cree
Seduced by the beach
the sand, my lover's pillow
the waves, my lover
----------------rogue
I am a blue note,
the last strum of a guitar
play me with sorrow.
---------------Lili S. Parham
I went underground
and met a quite charming rogue
who made my heart laugh.
------------------Lili S. Parham
Darkness engulfs me,
wrapped in a blanket of stars
caressed by the moon
------------------------Lili S. Parham
The lights dim slowly
People quiet down at last
The movie begins...
-----------------Samari
When you smile that way
When your eyes twinkle and dance
I melt like ice cream.
-------------------------rogue
Hear the happy bird
chirp from the tree of wisdom
This is life's meaning.
--------------------rogue
SNOW
Soft, white
confection -
blanketing the earth in bliss
one flake at a time
------------------------rogue
The Plieades smile
at the frozen winter sky
with crystalized charm.
----------------------Jill Pittman
I wish my hair were
shiny like the asian boys'
hair in the mall lights.
----------------------Jill Pittman
The stroke
of a brush
Painting my soul like the night
The darkness within
------------------NLP boy
Eloquence fails me
and I reach for words to say
"I miss your laughter."
---------------------Jill Pittman
Nineteen
Copy my thoughts and
paste them in an e-mail called
"Naivete Lives."
----------------Jill Pittman
Mira admires
"gunfighter blue eyes," she says;
I admire hers.
-------------------rogue
For Jill
I was nineteen once,
but I've gotten much younger.
Do not be afraid.
-------------------rogue
Fire and Earth
Bathed in your lovelight,
I become the sunflower
that I'm meant to be.
-------------------rogue
There are times I find
your absence creates a hole
I cannot avoid
------------------------Ophelia Unbound
Nymphomaniac
That is what I am, so please
do me every day
------------------------Sarah Palmer
Edge
Your
love is a sword
that has no blade, doesn't wound
but goes through me, still
------------------rogue
Lessons
In this school of Joy
the curriculum is Love,
which we teach, to learn.
-------------------rogue
My talents are great
But I never use them much
People made me shy
---------------------Sarah Palmer
Music sets me free
I cannot live without it
I will sing for you
---------------------Sarah Palmer
You have to love It,
desire and cherish It,
You have to love life.
------------------------Lili S. Parham
Don't criticize me
You've never lived in my shoes
Please think about that.
---------------------Sarah Palmer
placid eyes look in
depths of disturbing layers
unknown and undone
------------------------Ophelia Unbound
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