General Poetry posted May 23, 2022 Chapters:  ...64 65 -66- 67... 


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7/5/3 Modern Haiku

A chapter in the book One Thousand Cranes

Flame Lilies

by Gypsy Blue Rose


for rules, please see my author notes
in the hottest part of day
sunbirds pollinate
flame lilies  




 




Flame Lily (Gloriosa superba) is a flowering plant that grows in tropical jungles, forests, thickets, woodlands, grasslands, and sand dunes. This plant is poisonous, toxic enough to kill humans and animals if ingested. It has been used to commit murder, and to achieve suicide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloriosa_superba more info

Sunbirds are small passerine birds from the Old World. Found in Africa, Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia. Sunbirds feed largely on nectar, more info

MODERN HAIKU is the English adaptation of Classic Haiku. It's written in one to four lines with no strict syllable count, but as brief as possible. These poems use a pause usually marked by a dash before the satori (an insightful twist to ponder). Images don't need to be taken from nature. Seasonality is optional. Alliteration and metaphor are okay. Never rhymes. The em-dash ( -- ) is used to emphasize an interruption in speech before the satori. Haiku usually doesn't have a title but in fanstory we have to have one. The Haiku Foundation of America

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