Haiku
i count the morning
stars the air so sweet i turn
riverdark with sound.
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i count the morning
stars the air so sweet i turn
riverdark with sound.
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Hello Friends,
Today’s poem is by a master of haiku, Sonia Sanchez, from her 1998 collection Like the Singing Coming off the Drums. The haiku form is about so much more than 3 lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables — you can read more about what makes a haiku a haiku in this article Why “No 5-7-5”? on the National Haiku Writing Month website.
If you enjoyed today’s poem, you may also wish to check out other haiku by Sonia Sanchez I’ve shared over the years, including Poem-A-Day April 19, 2022: Haiku and Poem-A-Day April 1, 2019: Haiku [for you]. Poet Sonia Sanchez was also previously featured for Poem-a-Day April 9, 2014: this cough i cough and throwing waaaaay back to the very first year I sent poem-a-day emails Poem-a-Day, April 24, 2007: does your house have lions?.
Thank you for celebrating poetry month with me.
— Ællen
Today’s poem is by a master of haiku, Sonia Sanchez, from her 1998 collection Like the Singing Coming off the Drums. The haiku form is about so much more than 3 lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables — you can read more about what makes a haiku a haiku in this article Why “No 5-7-5”? on the National Haiku Writing Month website.
If you enjoyed today’s poem, you may also wish to check out other haiku by Sonia Sanchez I’ve shared over the years, including Poem-A-Day April 19, 2022: Haiku and Poem-A-Day April 1, 2019: Haiku [for you]. Poet Sonia Sanchez was also previously featured for Poem-a-Day April 9, 2014: this cough i cough and throwing waaaaay back to the very first year I sent poem-a-day emails Poem-a-Day, April 24, 2007: does your house have lions?.
Thank you for celebrating poetry month with me.
— Ællen