In honor of National Poetry Month, Haiku writing was the task for our WNBA-NYC subscribers. A haiku is a short poem in the format of typically five syllables in the first line, seven in the second line, and five syllables in the third line. Subscribers were asked to write a haiku about any topic and to let us know what their inspiration was behind it.
Submissions
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Spring, we waited. You arrived.
Then you disappeared.
Will you stay this time?
Inspiration: “This came to me last week as I was walking to the grocery store on a surprisingly warm and lovely day”
Author: Sheryl Dluginski, New York
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Title: “Not Quite Spring”:
Star-shaped spring beauties
Cower in the sleety wind.
Winter’s not done yet.
Inspiration: “A walk on a park trail on an unexpectedly cold and blustery April day.”
Author: Katherine White Drew, Rockville, MD
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Title: Breaking and Entering
Daybreak sheds light on breakdowns.
Bleak streets spill trash, huts squat.
Bike lanes break through.
Inspiration: “I was interested in the word “breaking,” watching city streets shape shift in pandemic times. What “breaks” isn’t so much broken, as entering a new reality.”
Author: Sheila Lewis, New York
Articles of Interest
The WNBA-NYC has done a variety of poetry events throughout the years. Looking through the archives of our blog, these included panel discussions, interviews, a look back at our Centennial celebration for poetry month, why [women] write poetry and more.
Haiku’s are a unique form of poetry and can be pretty tough to write. It has a much different tone than your standard rhyme, sonnet, limerick, or even free verse.
Do you write any of these forms of poetry in your spare time or as your career? Let us know in the comments section below
