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May 16, 2014

Poetry Friday--Ekphrastic Haiku

Painting courtesy The Athenaeum.

This painting by Felix Vallotton, "Rocamadour Landscape," inspired a number of haiku for today, all of which share "May dawn":

May dawn
the chickens, too
on their own


the blanket folded
ready to be put away
...May dawn


who can sleep?
sun and wisteria
this May dawn


May dawn
even earlier than usual
the cat's meeoow

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17 comments:

  1. Nicely done. For me, this morning . . .

    May dawn
    comes too soon
    hit 'Snooze' again.

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  2. Diane,
    Would an ekphrastic haiku be an oxymoron?

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  3. Oh, I love all of them! What a brilliant idea to write haiku inspired by a painting.

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    1. That painting is so full of color it brought forth many images--too much for one poem.

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  4. A dawn worth waking up to over and over again.

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    1. May is my favorite month! Dawn, however, is not my favorite time of day.

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  5. Lovely painting, lovely poems. It's remarkable how they can all feel so different even though those three-line poems share a common line.

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  6. Love the way one led to the other, Diane.

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  7. Gorgeous painting...those colors! I can see why it would inspire you in many directions.

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    1. I'm glad you like it. I came across the painting and I knew I had to use it!

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  8. Beautiful--I like the sun and wisteria one the best:>)

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