August Challenge

Any Japanese poetry genre: haiku, senryu, tanka etc.
1. Inspiration through nature, looking forward to spring, and witnessing the early signs of spring
2. Sport (plenty of inspiration with the Olympic games on at the moment)

Comments

  1. Donna5 August 2012 at 18:11

    Happy blossoms sprout
    Little red bumps on tree limbs
    Soon the birds will sing

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  2. Donna5 August 2012 at 18:12

    Run and jump and throw
    Be the fastest and the best
    Make your country proud

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  3. Donna5 August 2012 at 18:16

    Ice melts and grass grows
    Each day the sun shines longer
    Warm season is near

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  4. Alex Ryan10 August 2012 at 01:26

    pink confetti
    strong gust rattles
    a cherry blossom

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  5. Alex Ryan10 August 2012 at 01:27

    torch lights
    a cloudy sky
    fractured by sunset

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  6. Anonymous10 August 2012 at 03:09

    olympics week
    I run down the street
    just for fun

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  7. lynette10 August 2012 at 03:33

    dun coloured scrub
    the warm glow of wattle
    scents the air

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  8. Sasha10 August 2012 at 03:41

    midday catnap
    his whiskers twitch
    in a mousechase

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  9. Donna10 August 2012 at 18:55

    Rain is in the air
    Smell of big clouds on the breeze
    Soon the thunder booms

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  10. Donna10 August 2012 at 18:59

    Hoomins play handball
    Throw the ball into the net
    Win with lots of points

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  11. Alex Ryan12 August 2012 at 01:02

    winter evening
    visit to mother's
    if only
    she could remember
    the season, alone the day

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  12. Donna13 August 2012 at 20:30

    Dry leaves in the wind
    Crisp from summer's sunny days
    Soon drop in autumn

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    Replies
    1. Alex Ryan14 August 2012 at 22:46

      Hi Keisha, thanks for making a regular contribution to our blog.
      Try putting a fragment and segment in your poems, that is, avoid one sentence for whole poem. It should break into two parts. See mine below.
      Alex Ryan.

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    2. Sasha16 August 2012 at 00:20

      Keisha you don't have to write in lines of 5/7/5 syllables, as in English writing poets don't do that.
      See Diamond's Haiku Hints
      http://diamond-cat.blogspot.com.au/p/diamonds-haiku-hints.html

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  13. Alex Ryan14 August 2012 at 20:44

    trampled
    ornate tulips
    lobby carpet

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  14. Alex Ryan15 August 2012 at 00:45

    after the shower
    slow drip
    fiery callistemon

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  15. Alex Ryan18 August 2012 at 16:16

    a crimson rosella
    flits from one branch
    to another
    his evasive comments
    about his feelings

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  16. Alex Ryan18 August 2012 at 16:23

    ready to spring
    a golden elm
    budding
    a wasted talent
    the coach and her student

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  17. Pip20 August 2012 at 09:05

    a nubile bloom
    great potential
    inadvertently crushed
    the sorrowful ground

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  18. Alex Ryan21 August 2012 at 20:32

    from the agapanthus
    lilly spire pierces
    late winter

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  19. Alex Ryan22 August 2012 at 23:03

    after the storm
    fallen succulent
    a shade of terracotta

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