We tried this form back in 2009, so it's time to dig it out and try again! The hay(na)ku and was created in 2003 by poet Eileen Tabios. Here are the guidelines.
Hay(na)ku is a 3-line poem of six words with one word in the first line, two words in the second, and three in the third. There are no other rules and no restrictions on number of syllables or rhyme.
Need some examples? You can find some Hay(na)ku poetry contest winners at the Hay(na)ku Poetry blog. There is also a thoughtful essay about the form at Dragoncave. As you'll see from the examples, some folks create poems comprised of several hay(na)ku strung together.
So, what kind of hay(na)ku will you write? Leave me a note about your poem and I'll share the results here later this week.
Okay--I'm down with this, people...
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looking
at the
shape of things
i
wonder what
a hay(na)ku is…
does
it let
you tell stories
or
paint pictures
or does it
simply
allow you
to write short?
(c) juliekrantz, 2011
Hearts
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Hearts
do not
hang like apples.
2.
They
do not
hang like icicles.
3.
Nor
are they
hung on walls.
3.
But
if things
all go wrong,
4.
hearts
hang from
twisted rope nooses
5.
like
dead highwaymen
at the crossroads.
©2011 Jane Yolen all rights reserved
when I realized
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same day
but much later
Heidi Mordhorst 2011
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Jane--stunning.
ReplyDeleteYes, Jane! (Wow.)
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Day
day
breaks like
a fallen glass
I
scurry, tremble
blurt and rush
till
the deer
in the backyard
(recurring
characters who
stare and stare
like
a Greek
chorus of eyes)
tell
me I've
forgotten to look
at
a leaf,
at the dawn
--Kate Coombs, 2011
all rights reserved
Love this form and all that you have offered. Jane's leaves me breathless...
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Today
poetry club
our first meeting.
Fifth
graders gathered
searching for words.
Will
introduce poets
to curious hay(na)ku.
Wonder
what beauties
huddle within them.
© Carol Weis, all rights reserved
for getting to look
ReplyDelete"at
a leaf,
at the dawn"
about sums up how much poetry (and writing in general) is about observation. We need to see, to breathe in the world, so as to get to what Dickinson described in her snake poem as "zero at the bone."
Thanks, Kate, and all.
Jane
AMANI THE GREAT
ReplyDeleteMy
niece Amani
received straight A's.
Her goal is
reporting weather forecasts.
According
Mrs. Green
Her favorite teacher,
She
predicts for
Amani's immediate future,
"Sunshine
with a
high of PERFECT."
Charles Waters (C) 2011 all rights reserved.