This week I was invited to join an online Haiku group. The goal is to write and share a haiku every day. It has been an amazing practice, and has gotten me thinking constantly in syllabic groupings of 5-7-5. Lets pretend these star apples are lined up in rows of 5, 7, and 5 for example. Anyway, I think you get the idea.
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Mango season ebbs
And flows like Maracas Bay
waves and fickle love
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Portugals so good
that we forget how to drive
on the left side. oops.
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“I tired,” he said.
“Dirt road to beach steep, legs sore.”
Smile free with purchase.
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Not New England light.
Brighter, fiercer, louder. A
quarter of her life.
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Teens with toddler hearts
alive. No ipods, just paint.
Miss, we’re amazing!
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Spicy, sweet, juicy.
Metaphorically Trini.
Pineapple chow, nuh?
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Run where the beach ends.
You might free your mind or meet
the Queen of Soca.
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Learning to swim is
a lot like learning to fly.
The ego goes first.
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Footprint mandala.
We all yearn to leave our mark.
Why not stomp it out?
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In between our hands
So much can happen like light
and surprising blues.
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There are so many
ways we can cover ourselves.
dis-cover something.
jumping off the hamster wheel 
simply wonderful, color poetry. 🙂 nancy
Beautiful…love the images paired with haiku…just lovely.
Hi Ellen! Greetings from snowy Vermont! Very nice Haiku’s and photos…which came first? (I suspect the photos…..) Life goes on here in educationland, home of the common core. Sounds like you are having a blast. Maybe we will see you again sometime? MIke B.
Hi Mike!
Thanks for your kind words! And yes, you will be seeing me again in 7 months or so… you make it sound so inviting and hard to resist. And to answer your question- in some cases the words came first, but most of them the photo came first.
You took me on a vacation 😉 with this post. I really like your blog and I am nominating you for the Leibster award! I’ve enjoyed this exercise. For additional info about this opportunity check out: http://lcsoup.wordpress.com/liebster-award-nominee-who-me-2/
Happy Blogging!
well thank you!
You are very welcome! Love your title by the way and do you know what theme you use? Helping a friend with her blog 😉
Thanks, Ellen. You’re inspiring! Mum
And so are you, mum!
love Love LOVE this one…”the ego goes first”
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