photo © Don McKee and Christine Hsu
Golden
"Will
to Live" Haiku Contest
to
raise money for a poor abused puppy in NY.
Deadline
to enter: March 31, 1999
CLICK
HERE....
We
have a WINNER!!
Many
thanks for your kindness and generosity!!
Welcome
to Gemma's Golden Haiku
collection.
While the
limerick is her favorite fun kind of poetry,
HAIKU is
her preferred form
of more
serious (but not always!), contemplative verse.
She likes
the Zen of it, being a rather philosophical Golden knucklehead....
The Haiku
is a type of lyrical poetry which was first developed in Japan.
It is a
tightly constructed form which demands
conciseness
and sparity of language.
The haiku
traditionally consists of three lines with a total of
seventeen
syllables in this configuration: 5-7-5.
Click here
for a basic introduction
to the Haiku form.
And another
good link: The
English-Language Haiku Web Site
And check
out 200 Best Japanese
Haiku
Here are
some Golden Haiku -- haiku written by owners
(or humans
owned by) Golden Retrievers, that wonderful breed
who keep
us laughing, loving,
and scratching
our heads in wonderment....
ENJOY!
This is my
own Rainbow Bridge Haiku,
in honor of
all those Goldens who have left us to romp and frolic
in a better
place, with no pain and no fear.
They appear
as stars in our night sky....
Our
dark nights dazzled
By
a Golden gleam of stars--
We
look up, smiling
My
Golden girl naps
waiting
for her mom to move
she
snorts, blinks, and sighs--
The livingroom
floor
is
more a graveyard, littered
with
maimed woobie souls
-Suzanne
Bria
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