Ekphrastic is a poem inspired by a painting. This painting is called "scarlet ibis and poppies". The flowers in the painting are poppies. Poppies don't grow in marshes, so maybe the painter had a dream.

Haiku is very visual, I try to create a visual scene. Poetry is not analytical, it's felt in the heart.


HAIKU IN BLACK FONT
scarlet ibis wades
in the marsh midst red poppies
knee-deep in yearning

Scarlet ibis (plural is also ibis) is a bird that inhabits tropical South America and part of the Caribbean.

HAIKU is a Japanese very short unrhymed poem that uses imagistic language to express the essence of a deeply felt moment in time. It resonates on a deeper level, leaving the reader enlightened and making an insightful connection between the top two lines and the last one, called the SATORI. HAIKU uses a dash to pause before the SATORI.. Haiku is about nature and it alludes to a season of the year. In Japan, haiku is written in 17 syllables and three lines ( 5/7/5) but in English is 17 syllables OR LESS because English syllables are longer than Japanese syllables. Avoid capitalization (except proper names) and punctuation; keep alliteration to a minimum. Lines should be connected grammatically to improve the flow of thought.


click here to read Haiku Society of America, HAIKU EXAMPLES


click here to read Haiku Society of America HAIKU RULES

click here to read why is 5/7/5 OR LESS rule

Modern Haiku

Thank you very much for reading and reviewing my poems.

Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." - Novalis

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