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
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
45 Responses
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. 🙂
So when are you writing your first Haiku, Shilpa? 🙂
That is a nice read!
Thanks Ankita 🙂
that’s an amazing palette of words! delightful!!
Thks S 🙂
lovely one. I too hve just started writing Haiku.
It is raining Haiku on all our blogs. Thanks to Ruchira and Corinne 🙂
That’s a good one. Congratulations on your first attempt. One small observation. Your first sentence has only 4 syllables instead of 5.
Thanks SG. I checked at Syllable Counter – WordCalc.com and it shows that sentence 1 has 5 syllables. 😛
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.
Thanks for sharing that, SG. 🙂
Lovely 🙂
Thks Ava 🙂
Yay! Finally got over your fear of poetry! 🙂
I have done it, but I am still scared 😀
Now that’s a nice one, Shilpa!
Storms of life recede….very nice 🙂
Thank you Kajal 🙂
Never understood ‘Haikus’. How that works :/
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/
tussi gr8 ho sarkar 🙂 .. loved it 🙂
LOL 😀 You are too generous Sunita 🙂
Loved it!
you have written it so well and its so expressive!
I wish I could write Haiku half as well!
Thanks Pixie.
You can do it too… give it a shot! 🙂
My first visit here, I think.
A delightful haiku too! It’s a treat, with the picture!
Welcome here Usha! Thanks a lot, glad you liked it 🙂
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?
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 🙂
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?
I dread poems especially commenting about them 😉 LOL 😀
Your interpretation of rains and rainbows is so cool 🙂
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.
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 🙂
Loved the imagery – Gives the reader a lot of scope for interpretation ! And you have done it without using the seasonal reference explicitly !
Thanks for your feedback, Ruchira. Hope to do better next time 😀
🙂
Speechless na!! 😀 😉
Beautiful lines 🙂
Thks Diana 🙂
Lovely!
Thank you Anu 🙂
Shilpa writes poetry! yay! fir to Haiku ka badhiya hona natural tha hi. 🙂
I really liked the imagery you have created. Beautiful
Ohho…. juvenile attempt this is, Preeti 😀
Wow Shilpa. You are an exemplary all rounder!! What a beautiful Haiku!!
Thks Ma’am 🙂
this website https://syllablecounter.co/ is perfect for counting haiku or syllables i found it