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[18 Nov 2005|02:25am]

crazyjustin1685
The Ninja
Dancing in the Autumn Moonlight
While heads fall.
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Hi I'm new [14 Nov 2005|04:06am]

crazyjustin1685
The Eugenia Beach Session )
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[22 Sep 2005|12:49pm]

funkymunkymagic
kutsu ga nai
machi de aruite
yubi... itai

a lot of people have asked me what happened to my seasonal word, but I've told them that the first line is supposed to point out that it's a warm / summery day. Although, it's open to opinion.
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Peaceful Haiku [23 Jul 2005|10:40pm]

pooloftrees
Streaky clouds drifting
evenings peachy light reflects
the world is at peace

Gavin - 03/05/2005
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[27 Apr 2005|11:18am]

jakothewoods
Great ivy'd walls
clasp close to their bosoms
stone dancing partners.

* * *

Freedom unlooked for
offers time for contemplation,
writing, and laughter.

* * *

A pool of languid
water sits unrippled,
awaiting its frog.

* * *

With presence of mind,
great discipline, and willpower,
I can relax.

* * *

Roses and liles
are not half so beautiful
as the dandilion.

* * *

We break the darkness
with lanterns and torches
and lbind ourselves.

* * *

A tree's laughter
is the same as a child's.
Can you hear it?

* * *

Quickly written,
scribed down with pen on paper.
Quickly forgotten.

* * *

Pandas and bamboo
are not familiar nature.
Loon and pine for me.

* * *

A bird in the bush
is worth any number captive.
Just ask any bird.

* * *

First glance: dirty gulch;
but mushrooms and moss grow
at the bottom.

* * *

A content tree stands
alone in a meadow,
humming to herself.

* * *

Why rush about so
when a slow and measured tread
reaches the end too?

* * *

Missing the worms
over breadcrumbs and tidbits,
silly birds clamour.

* * *

Fine and private place,
this boneyard with it's spectres
where I write and rest.

* * *

Trees whisper
and speak sign-language
to each other.

º º º
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x-posted in several haiku communities [25 Mar 2005|11:09am]

jakothewoods
Superlative peace
can be found, without trying,
lying beneath trees.
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[07 Nov 2004|02:18am]

bluuues
I'm expirementing with a new form, it's basically three haiku that work as one haiku. I'm not sure how much I consider them haiku, but what the hell, I like this poem.

walking around the dorm
remembering ghosts
from last year

I drop my
cigarette in a
mud puddle

and notice how
the buildings move
faster than the moon.
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[04 Nov 2004|03:07am]

bluuues
girls passing
outside my window
as I lay in bed

red tiled roofs
in the morning sun
blue skies

dragonfly
hovering over the field
and autumn

nighttime
with nothing but a
cigarette
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[04 Nov 2004|03:03am]

bluuues
Hey everyone, I plan on posting some haiku finally.

I'd like everyone to read this:


The "haiku" was invented and developed over hundreds of years in Japan to be a complete poem in seventeen syllables and to pack in a whole vision of life in three short lines. A "Western Haiku" need not concern itself with the seventeen syllables since Western languages cannot adapt themselves to the fluid syllabic Japanese. I propose that the "Western Haiku" simply say a lot in three short lines in any Western language. Above all, a Haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and make a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi Pastorella.

Thats by Kerouac, and it should probably be the basis for your philosphy when writing haiku. This isn't japanese, forget the sylables. Strive for more concision.
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Were you planning on developing this? [03 Sep 2004|12:23am]

nevischio
Little wooden doll
equipped with pinched sanguine lips
and arachnid eyes
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And the first hiaku is... [26 May 2004|10:33am]

bluuues
i wonder if...
i wonder if its
sunlight
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