Snippets
(Micropoems)
cold night –
even for the cat
more blankets
*********
drowsing
over my laptop –
warm day
*********
Night Terrors
(1)
high shelf –
cat hesitates
to jump down
(2)
ibis feet
banging on my roof
4am
*********
loud thump
prowling cat
lands hard
*********
from next door
a high note —
child’s play
*********
Spring music –
the magpie also
craves company
*********
scrambling the wall
tiny spider sees me
as danger
I'm giving myself a little course from David Lanoue's book, Write Like Issa. The first lesson details Issa's empathy with other living things. Summing up, Lanoue says: 'Write like Issa. Write with compassion yet understatement. Leave space for your readers' minds to wander and wonder.'
Sharing with Writers' Pantry #84 at Poets and Storytellers United. (Apologies to those who have seen these already on Instagram or facebook.)
Drowsing over my laptop made me stop and the magpie craving company got my attention.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad they had an effect.
DeleteThese are so good. Very impressed.
ReplyDeleteThese are all so good. These are the little things that we tend to not notice.
ReplyDeleteWell, I did notice those noisy bird feet!
DeleteI'm glad you like these; thank you.
Beautiful words, the reader can imagine what further could happen!
ReplyDeleteNice to know I got what I was trying for; thank you..
DeleteLovely snippets, especially the living creatures prowling the night in your "Night Terrors" section.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked them
DeleteRosemary, I'm loving these snippets. You started well with the cold and warm, we don't often think of those two on our minds' same pages. Best for me was the cat on the bookshelf, I have one pictured 'there', I think, on my other blog. Our daughter was terrified the first time she saw her first and only cat perched on top of her refrigerator.
ReplyDeleteNo, the poor little bird was in too many pieces to glue back together, like Humpty. They were a wedding present we received 48 years ago.
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It's late Winter here, nearly Spring, so we are having chilly nights and days that warm up by early afternoon.
DeleteOh, what a shame about your broken bird.
luv these haiku. The last one my favourite, who more afraid the tiny creatures or us
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by my blog today
much❤love
I try to co-exist.
DeleteI especially love that last one, but then again I am fond of spiders.
ReplyDeleteAnother of your many good qualities!
DeleteI really like all this glimpses, Rosemary. Child's play and tiny spider are two of my favorites. And the quote is awesome (and so very true).
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you! – you've just given me a post title for the next lot: Glimpses.
DeleteYes, that quote is a great piece of haiku guidance.
To watch a cat is to have an endless supply of inspiration for poems.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's so true!
DeleteNo one does snippets better than you, Rosemary. Each is a perfect link in a strand of beauties.
ReplyDeleteThank you! The guidance I'm getting from Lanoue's book is really helpful.
DeleteSnippets of observations. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed them.
Delete"ibis feet
ReplyDeletebanging on my roof
4am"
this haiku feels very issa to me... well done! loved all of these.
Oh, that's very nice to know! Thank you.
DeleteLove these! Especially:
ReplyDelete“ibis feet
banging on my roof
4am”
“scrambling the wall
tiny spider sees me
as danger”
Thank you!
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