My first HAIKU
Sleep my baby,
Snugly in bed.
Sweet Dreams!
Yakshini: Book Review
Book Title: Yakshini (Kindle Edition) Author: Neil D'Silva Publishers: Rupa Publications My Rating: ***** About the Author: Neil D'Silva is an author of 12 horror novels and Yakshini is yet another of his books that has been acquired for screen adaptation. He is the President of the Indian Chapter of the Horror Writers Association, and is also a TEDx Speaker. Let me make a disclaimer before I begin to talk about this book. Even though I am in the author's circle of virtual friends and I've been a fan of his writing since his very first book, this particular book review has not been solicited by the author and neither is my impression of the book biased. Like I've said many times before, I pick a book by it's cover, quite literally. It has got to be love at first sight! And then a little knowledge about the author and his style helps. Sometimes I veer towards books via recommendations by like-minded friends but I stopped reading back blurbs long ago. As soo...
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Im wanting to learn the genre..:)
yeah, m aware.. its my second fav poetic form! :)
want me to teach what i kno? :D
anyways..
haiku, its of three lines..
its usually in a 5-7-5 syllable format, though some say it may vary.
syllable=pronunciation sound
eg. vibhuti is 3 syllable as its pronunced vi-bhu-ti
eg haiku maybe
vi-bhu-ti tried once
hai-ku on slee-ping ba-by
it came out so well
:)
ur good ya...M n amateur too..So no worries at all..Thanks for sharing in detail..
now it gets clearer..
So is this right?
Slee-p My Ba-By (5)
Snu-g-ly i-n be-d (7)
Swee-t drea-m-s (5)
..I also read that 'ing' shouldn't be used..
not sure of the ing.. but i use it, and i've seen many haiku poets use it too..
and no..
urs gets split as
sleep my ba-by(4)
snug-ly in bed(4)
sweet dreams(2)
I still dont get the syllables bit..
:(
Anyways..time, more kind poets like urself & experience will teach and give me clarity, I suppose..
:)
hehe. the syllables are difficult at first.. ur right, only trying more can make u better..
and yeah, urs may/may not be haiku, but the words have their own magic. i found it so darn sweet.. :) esp the pic.
The baby is of my son, the 1 day old abgel, when the pic was clicked..
Now he's a naughty little one year old...
he is an angel.. :) its nice to have met both of u :D :D
anyhow, if u have any poetic doubts, call upon me.. u've my blog address and ur followin it too i think :) will help any way i can :)
keep trying! :D
BTW have you ever tried 55 fictions?
Thanks for the interest in my blog...Am obliged.:D
BTW have you ever tried 55 fictions?
I still dont get the syllables bit..
:(
Anyways..time, more kind poets like urself & experience will teach and give me clarity, I suppose..
:)