I've found another new form that I would like to try this week. It's called 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.
You can learn more about the form at Poetry Form. I love this example posted there.
Nothing
adds up.
Love isn't math.
Poem © Dan Waber
Need some examples? You can find some at the Hay(na)ku Poetry blog. (Look for the Hay(na)ku contest winners.) 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?
That was a fun exercise! Here's what I have, including a shout out to our blog hostess who's a true poetry passer! Enjoy.
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Traffic
Stands still,
Highway parking lot.
DEFINITION OF TRAFFIC
Traffic.
Parking lot.
Morning, afternoon, night.
TOUGH SITUATION
Dinner.
Air sandwich.
Another hungry night.
STANDARDIZED TESTS
Cram
All year,
Forget when finished.
WHY PENCILS ROCK
Pen
Explodes again,
River of ink.
THE MIRACLE OF HIGH SCHOOL (NERDS REJOICE)
Tricia
Said "Yes"
To prom question.
(C) Charles Waters 2013 all rights reserved.
So nice, Charles! Especially that last one.
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Summer—
black-eyed susans
crow like roosters
daisies
blam blare
like brass bands
peonies
boom flare
like red fireworks
blooms
blast bright
with sun songs
—Kate Coombs, 2013
all rights reserved
Thanks for the shout-out Kate! And holy smokes I LOVE the 1st one! Wow. That could go into a book right now. I see the illustrations.
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DeleteThanks for the fine examples, Tricia, Charles, and Kate. A couple from me:
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atomic bombs
housecats plummet soundlessly.
***
Librarians
slow-read nocturnally.
Glorious! Patrons gone.
—Steven Withrow, 2013
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Gosh--you all did such lovely things with the form. AM jealous. All I got was humor about an obsessive event.
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Woman
has baby,
makes world news.
New Prince 2
Baby
is born.
The world sucks.
New Prince 3
Newborn,
New life,
WOrld wide news.
New Prince 4
New
No name
Saxe Coburg Gotha.
©2013 Jane Yolen all rights reserved
Ha. My friend suggests Voldemort Severus.
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