haikaiTALKS: ONE, TWO and FOUR-LINE HAIKU - a saturday gathering_under the banyan tree
host: Kala Ramesh
5th August 2023
This week shall we try one, two and four-line haiku? As a look back on the last two months!
For your own poems: Only TWO ku per week, per prompt, per poet. Theme: HISTORY Bring any character from history or herstory into your poem!
First post: You'll search and find a one, two or four-line haiku, you like.
You'll give your reason/s why you like it. It need not be connected to the theme given this week! Second post: This will be your first ku based on the theme or otherwise.
Third post:
This will be your second ku on the theme or otherwise.
Please give your feedback on others' commentary and poems too. _()_
Have fun! Keep writing and commenting!
Aug 10 #3 Feedback welcome 🙂
𝘓𝘢𝘺 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘴
the dynamite-fused novel
prized
for its message of peace
Bertha von Suttner was a pioneering peace activist born in 1843 who was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 for her anti-war novel “Lay Down Your Arms”. She is credited with having inspired Alfred Nobel, the Swedish magnate who made his fortune by inventing dynamite, to fund the foundation awarding the prize.
#3 9/8/23 feedback welcome
Dallas motorcade
a chapel veil wet with tears
(1964 US President assassination. JFK was the first Catholic to be elected President )
Aug 9 #2 Feedback welcome 🙂 Revised L1 to include Joan of Arc’s name following Marilyn’s feedback.
Joan of Arc’s stake
in the Hundred Years’ War …
bridges burning
while church bells rang
(Joan of Arc: patron saint of France, patron saint in the Catholic Church))
Post 2
Dandi March a pinch of salt springs the awakening
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_March
Post 1, sorry not related to history.
clay on the wheel I confess my faith
- Peggy Willis Lyles
https://thepoetryplace.wordpress.com/2018/12/15/haiku-by-peggy-willis-lyles/
Beautiful lines, isn't it? Every word measured and placed perfectly on the wheel of haiku. The striking lines 'I confess my faith' is what pulled me. How about you all?