best april fool's jokes, again

the early morning awakening of more rain beating on the roof didnt help....my first answer to writers block ?
pretty much sums it up for me..... haiku for fool's day:

-vanity-

in early light look
deep into the cruel mirror.
where's that spring chicken?

-reality-

this tough old bird will
make strong tasty soup,
full of gristle and joy.


vty, J_lea

form or function?

i have been continuing to twitter haiku every morning, some are in classic 5-7-5 syllable form,
but in twitter you cannot  really tell.... there is no ordering of words, other than a  straight line of byts. 
when i realized this, i  began
writing more for the words themselves, than the word-form of 3 lines. 
often i found myself using the  'fusion'  form of haiku
just the17 syllables that relate a clear  'real'  moment or a tiny revelation of grace.
even in my brief communications with "friends", i write in 17 syllables, always.  
so far, it has been an excellent morning "brain gym",   as stimulating as the coffee.....

i've played around with haiku for a very long time, exchanging  them with various friends and fellow
writers over the years. nothing tops a good game of haiku;   the "conversation" becomes brief
and beautiful, right-to-the-point... often, over time, even addictive.
although twitter is a medium for fast connections and links, and comments on what the world is doing at
any given moment....each morning, my "what are you doing" is writing haiku. it's a nice combination of
form and function; i often ponder which is which as i count syllables on my fingers. what am i doing right now?
i am temporally writing haiku, in e-world......... as spiritually as i can.

i wish now that i had kept track of every one, on postcards and old papers , scribbled on the back of an envelope
while driving......endless exchanges of beautifully precise poems.  i have held onto many, and once more, as i re-read them,
i see how the process functions to reduce the babble and tranquilize the monkey mind.
writing haiku allows a practice of poetic consideration to both focus and relax your mind.
these deliberately concise images convey the beauty of all life in just a few words.  
this form of poetry, gives the both the writer and the reader the experience of  a tiny  'Aha!' moment.
its brevity and its beauty are understandable, and quickly realized. 
i believe haiku teaches each of us to reduce the external noise, and fully apprehend the beauty
of the present moment....between  form and  function, it makes no difference in this very
small bit of the dreaming-world.

-vernal-

i hear the voices,
the sandhill cranes returning
from southern winters.

vty,  J-lea

wordplay

i just discovered a daily haiku community here a@ L/J.....have written haiku for many
years, both traditional form ( 5-7-5, 17 syllables - 3 lines ) also Fusion haiku, american style with 17
meaningful syllables, more freeform, not as rigidly arranged, as within traditional format .
since both require concentration, and express images beautifully, i write them in both ways .
its the whole concise image that interests me, altho if i can fit a composition into traditional
japanese form,  i usually choose to... 
when i am in a writing state, and find myself  creating haiku,  i often  find myself speaking
in haiku, as well.  this brain adaptation to a practice is fascinating.
i am certain that songwriting produces this too, or any poet working in certain form, rhythm or meter.
i will say something, then count on my fingers, perhaps refine a bit, and there it is.

i decided to try to post a haiku daily as my twitter posts. it has been a fine way to communicate
what is my world and that what i am doing is haiku.  it's a discipline for my mind as i watch
the morning unfold. hmmmm

morning unfolding
witness to each new day's light
i worship at dawn.

pale misty warming light
wakes the horses as they doze,
rise, shake and shine.

to me both forms are small, lovely bits of a moment,   and with translation from japanese to
english often adding more syllables, i accept and enjoy writing in each style.
each is a precise little expression from my busy mind;  they give me focus as
i have my coffee and begin a new day.

so my goal is to continue to twitter in haiku.  i am new to both these forums, but one must
not linger in the olden days before   "social networking" and electric friends.


twittering haiku
marriage of old and new forms
births new creations.

tweet tweet, i am here!
mixing old and new concepts
can bring great delight.

i think i'll use one of these @ twitter this AM....will be returning here to prose form directly.