My first HAIKU
Sleep my baby,
Snugly in bed.
Sweet Dreams!
GoodBye
This post has been published by me as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 13 ; the thirteenth edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton . February 1901- In the small Midnapore district of Bengal in British India was born a little brown girl with intelligent beady eyes. The mother used to work as a maid with the wealthy Mukhopadhyay family in their district. She had enjoyed listening to her mistress recite Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry, as she fanned her, one lazy afternoon. So when her own little brown daughter was born she knew what they would call her. She would be Khanika , a beautiful girl rightly named after Tagore’s beautiful poetry. “Eta Lakshmi Maa!” Her family soon began referring to her as the goddess of wealth because no sooner had she arrived that The Railway Company came forward and offered jobs to the local unemployed men along with other additional incentive...
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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..
:)