UBC Day 13 : Haiku – Rain
This is my first attempt at a Haiku, a Japanese poetic form.
Mesmerized child
Glorious palette smiles bright
Storms of life recede
This is in response to the WriteTribe Prompt for a Kigo Haiku
Image Courtesy : Google Images
A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose! Things are as they are, not as they should be!
UBC Day 13 : Haiku – Rain
July 13, 2013 6:15 pm|
I learnt about a new thing today. Haiku.
I knew that there is this form of poetry, but only today I read the rules. 🙂 Thanks to you. 🙂
July 18, 2013 2:39 pm|
So when are you writing your first Haiku, Shilpa? 🙂
July 13, 2013 7:06 pm|
That is a nice read!
July 18, 2013 2:40 pm|
Thanks Ankita 🙂
July 13, 2013 7:10 pm|
that’s an amazing palette of words! delightful!!
July 18, 2013 2:40 pm|
Thks S 🙂
July 13, 2013 7:15 pm|
lovely one. I too hve just started writing Haiku.
July 18, 2013 2:40 pm|
It is raining Haiku on all our blogs. Thanks to Ruchira and Corinne 🙂
July 13, 2013 8:58 pm|
That’s a good one. Congratulations on your first attempt. One small observation. Your first sentence has only 4 syllables instead of 5.
July 13, 2013 11:20 pm|
Thanks SG. I checked at Syllable Counter – WordCalc.com and it shows that sentence 1 has 5 syllables. 😛
July 14, 2013 12:01 am|
Thanks Shilpa for your reply. Of course, Syllable Counter – WordCalc.com shows 5 syllables.
I looked at 2 different sources. http://www.syllablecount.com and howmanysyllables.com. They both show only 4 syllables.
Since different websites give different answers, looks like we both are correct.
July 18, 2013 2:41 pm|
Thanks for sharing that, SG. 🙂
July 13, 2013 9:47 pm|
Lovely 🙂
July 18, 2013 2:42 pm|
Thks Ava 🙂
July 13, 2013 10:19 pm|
Yay! Finally got over your fear of poetry! 🙂
July 18, 2013 2:42 pm|
I have done it, but I am still scared 😀
July 13, 2013 11:06 pm|
Now that’s a nice one, Shilpa!
Storms of life recede….very nice 🙂
July 18, 2013 2:43 pm|
Thank you Kajal 🙂
July 14, 2013 12:28 am|
Never understood ‘Haikus’. How that works :/
July 18, 2013 2:44 pm|
Even I was clueless about Haiku… they way it is written etc. You may like to check out the details here… http://writetribe.com/haiku/
July 14, 2013 2:34 am|
tussi gr8 ho sarkar 🙂 .. loved it 🙂
July 18, 2013 2:45 pm|
LOL 😀 You are too generous Sunita 🙂
July 14, 2013 9:53 am|
Loved it!
you have written it so well and its so expressive!
I wish I could write Haiku half as well!
July 18, 2013 2:46 pm|
Thanks Pixie.
You can do it too… give it a shot! 🙂
July 14, 2013 11:30 am|
My first visit here, I think.
A delightful haiku too! It’s a treat, with the picture!
July 18, 2013 2:47 pm|
Welcome here Usha! Thanks a lot, glad you liked it 🙂
July 14, 2013 6:02 pm|
Haikus are stealing my heart away.Should learn the rules one of these days. Nice cheerful one Shilpi.. U dont mind me calling you Shilpi, do you?
July 18, 2013 2:48 pm|
Oh you must try it out, D. Haven’t you seen the tutorial here… http://writetribe.com/haiku/
That’s so sweet of you. Some friends call me Shilpi too 🙂
July 14, 2013 7:35 pm|
I read in midway that corinne commented you have fear of poetry! Well you shouldn’t have because you write quite well! And I too wrote on the rainbow side of monsoons, it shows the beauty of rain through colours no?
July 18, 2013 2:50 pm|
I dread poems especially commenting about them 😉 LOL 😀
Your interpretation of rains and rainbows is so cool 🙂
July 14, 2013 9:28 pm|
That is a delightful Haiku Shilpa, welcome to the tiny world of Haiku 🙂 Child’s innocence sees the world clearly than grown-up minds.
Syllable counting can feel quite complex but essentially it is how you pronounce a word, so your haiku will read
Mes – mer- ized- child :4
Glo-ri-ous- pal-ette- smiles – bright :7
Storms- of- life- re-cede : 5
Hope this helps 🙂
I generally use “http://www.poetrysoup.com/haiku_syllable_counter/” for my reference.
July 18, 2013 2:53 pm|
Thanks a ton, Reshma for sharing some wonderful insights. Of course, you are a pro at it and I need to go learn a lot about this! Have bookmarked the site you mentioned. Will check it out when I attempt my next Haiku 🙂
July 15, 2013 11:17 am|
Loved the imagery – Gives the reader a lot of scope for interpretation ! And you have done it without using the seasonal reference explicitly !
July 18, 2013 2:53 pm|
Thanks for your feedback, Ruchira. Hope to do better next time 😀
July 15, 2013 3:44 pm|
🙂
July 18, 2013 2:54 pm|
Speechless na!! 😀 😉
July 15, 2013 4:56 pm|
Beautiful lines 🙂
July 18, 2013 2:54 pm|
Thks Diana 🙂
July 15, 2013 5:36 pm|
Lovely!
July 18, 2013 2:54 pm|
Thank you Anu 🙂
July 15, 2013 11:24 pm|
Shilpa writes poetry! yay! fir to Haiku ka badhiya hona natural tha hi. 🙂
I really liked the imagery you have created. Beautiful
July 18, 2013 2:56 pm|
Ohho…. juvenile attempt this is, Preeti 😀
July 16, 2013 6:36 pm|
Wow Shilpa. You are an exemplary all rounder!! What a beautiful Haiku!!
July 18, 2013 2:56 pm|
Thks Ma’am 🙂
November 14, 2021 2:47 pm|
this website https://syllablecounter.co/ is perfect for counting haiku or syllables i found it