READ HAIKUS OF PRETTY FLOWERS

   

 

Draw a flower and write a haiku around it

This is one of the prompts for Blog Chatter’s half marathon, as I’m a little poor in both the aspects of drawing a flower and writing haiku.

So I thought to modify the prompt to my convenience and planned to write a blog post of haiku on flowers and add an image of a beautiful flower.

 

The important aspect of the Haiku is the 5-7-5 format.  This is an idea that a good Haiku answers three questions: Where, When, and what.

Haiku should be as short as possible but not stripped like telegrams. No need for titles or capitalization.

Traditionally, a haiku depicts a tiny moment in time and includes a kireji (a “cutting word”) that creates a pause or sense of closure.

 

Here are a few haikus:

 

·       MUSKAN AHUJA:

 Fallen cherry blossoms

     ……………………………walk

          The haiku path

·       SANJUKTAA ASOPA:

           Periwinkles-

        The joy of being

         Ordinary

·       R. SURESH BABU:

The sky

Rolling on a lotus leaf-

Dewdrop

 

·       MALLIKA CHARI:

Spring

Grandma’s hands hold

Jasmine scent

 

 

·       KANJINI DEVI:

Framed between

Frangipani and a hedge

The photographer

 

·       BAISALI CHATTERJEE DUTT:

Skywards

In prayer

-sunflower

  

·       JOHANNES MANJREKAR:

Midnight-

Only jasmine now

And cricket song

·       RIMI NATH:

Two flowers-

A hand

Takes away one

 

Red rose:

Unnoticed

In a corner

 

·       KYNPHAM SING NONGKYNRIH:

Late-blooming cherries

By the highway-how else can I

Describe my haiku?

 

·       K. RAMESH:

Cloudy afternoon-

A chrysanthemum blooms

In the paper folder’s hand

 

Haiku topics are traditionally written about nature, the seasons, animals, and other natural occurrences. They primarily focus on peaceful, finite ideas. Since a Haiku is short, it is limited in the number of subjects it can cover in a single verse.

 

It also can cultivate attention and appreciation of the natural world, language conciseness, and problem solving. Because it is such a short and simple form, haiku can be used effectively across grade levels as both an antidote to writing reluctance and a tool to nurture creativity and confidence.

( This blog post is a part of the Blog chatter's Half marathon: https://www.theblogchatter.com/campaign-registrations/blogchatter-half-marathon-2024

(Prompt: Draw a flower and write a haiku around it)