Haiku
Elizabeth Keogh has been blogging about Haiku lately and this has inspired me to post an extended poem I wrote about 18 months or so ago.
It was written in and about a pizza place called “Bravo” in Sydney. 101 pasta dishes and one of the original late-night gelato bars is their claim to fame.
This one is close to my heart and recalls a bitter-sweet time for me (also a time of prolific poetry in various forms). Thanks, Elizabeth, for the reminder!
Bravo Haiku
Tuesday nights, come rain
or shine. Being like a tree
to help keep me sane
Macchiato hot
Dark brown magic on the tongue
Hitting the right spot
A Peroni beer
Golden bubbles cool the heat
Poetry is here
Writing and thinking
Creativity changes
Violet shrinking
Pizza is the fare
Pasta choice one-hundred one
Enough here to share
Gelati come next
Sweet springtime caressing lips
Polishing the text
Alla prossima
setimana, allora
‘Ciao’ is pro forma.
Joshua Graham 2004
Thought of a 5-7-5 for the response Liz had started. Better late than never!
coffee, hot and strong -
the first taste of the morning
wipes away fatigue.
Comment by Joshua Graham — March 2, 2007 @ 12:00 am
Cool. I highly recommend this book, The Haiku Handbook:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/4770014309/qid=1122972136/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-0799185-2451068
parts of which I used in the workshop. It’s got some of the best translations of old haiku together with some extraordinary new stuff.
If you ever feel like participating in a renga, please feel free to leave a verse in my inbox.
- Liz
Comment by Anonymous — March 2, 2007 @ 12:00 am
No sites or groups - but I’ll push one out every few weeks or so from the existing lot and new ones as they pop into existence.
Comment by Joshua Graham — March 2, 2007 @ 12:00 am
coffee -
the first taste
of the morning
I love it. I tried to write you a 5-7-5 in response but gave up; been doing the freeform haiku too long now, I think. But thank you for inspiring me.
Is there a site or group with which you share your ‘ku?
- Liz
Comment by Anonymous — March 2, 2007 @ 12:00 am