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I can never remember if Haiku are 5-7-5 or 7-5-7 syllables, so I wrote one with the latter syllable count.  So I suppose I'll call it a 'reverse Haiku'.  lol  

 

Ruins

Stone towers lie recumbent

no longer reaching

for blue, but consumed by green

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22 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I can never remember if Haiku are 5-7-5 or 7-5-7 syllables, so I wrote one with the latter syllable count.  So I suppose I'll call it a 'reverse Haiku'.  lol  

 

Ruins

Stone towers lie recumbent

no longer reaching

for blue, but consumed by green

 

5-7-5 but I love the reverse haiku idea. :)

And I love the imagery you've created with the three short lines.

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1 minute ago, MacGreg said:

 

5-7-5 but I love the reverse haiku idea. :)

And I love the imagery you've created with the three short lines.

Thanks :) Yeah, I didn't have internet access when I wrote it. ;)  I realized it was 5-7-5 when I saw your Haiku, so that's why I called it a 'reverse Haiku'. lol  

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4 hours ago, aditus said:

I'm not sure yet, but I think my main theme this year will be movies (thinking of several poetry prompts).

 

First day: Going to the movies

 

Late as always, we rush inside,

Sorry!—step on feet in the dark,

find our seats: forty three, forty four,

the movie is about to start.

 

Fingers dig through buttered popcorn,

I laugh when your hand touches mine,

Trumpets sound. A long time ago...

And we leave our world—for a while.

Others have said it, and I agree: it's great scene-painting. Love the Sorry! and the laughter arising from buttery fingers touching. It's perfect. A really great start   

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7 hours ago, Parker Owens said:

My NaPoWriMo 2017 starter....

 

To start
over again
means tentative gestures,
held-breath adventures to be sure 
you're safe;
wary
will we circle one another,
joyous in our pairing,
knowing a start
will end.

I saw the official prompt for the first day and have to say your poem is rather sublime. To me it speaks of both coming together and parting. That's just the sensation it gives me. Well done! 

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3 hours ago, MacGreg said:

(I'll share it here, too)

 

Day #1 (haiku):

 

And so it begins

The NaPoWriMo challenge

Wish me luck on this

 

:unsure2:

lol, I see Emi was a little hard on you...(or me :ph34r:). I think it's a good opening foray for the challenge at hand :) 

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6 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

I can never remember if Haiku are 5-7-5 or 7-5-7 syllables, so I wrote one with the latter syllable count.  So I suppose I'll call it a 'reverse Haiku'.  lol  

 

Ruins

Stone towers lie recumbent

no longer reaching

for blue, but consumed by green

 

LOL. :lol:

 

Poetry will grant a liveliness to anything and everything. You have proved it again. Even ruins look beautiful with the greenery surrounded, in your poem. Congratulations on your first poem of NaPoWriMo. 

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1 hour ago, Parker Owens said:

I think I will again collect my NaPoWriMo 2017 responses into chaptered story. I will post week one on Friday, perhaps. But I am enjoying the contributions I see here so far!

 

I'll be waiting for the responses from all who are posting weekly basis... :D

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