Welcome to “Sensational Haiku Wednesday!”
The basics: Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
Here are the rules:
- Structure: While Haiku may be written by some in other styles, for THIS meme only 5-7-5 is acceptable. At least one of your haiku must be in this format.
- Theme/Prompt: We have a new prompt each week, and your haiku needs to be related to it, if not include the actual word in it. Feel free to leave a word suggestion in a comment!
- Linking: When you post your link, link to the blog post with your haiku, not to the main page of your blog.
- Reciprocate: If you participate and post your link on my website, you must have a link back here on your post. It’s only fair.
Folks not complying with the above risk having their links removed. Don’t make me be all “Grrrr” and stuff, it makes me grumpy! Thanks for your cooperation!
This week’s theme is: Craft
A thing of beauty
A task that makes your heart soar
A moment of joyCraft with your whole heart
Unique to you, it’s all yours
Find your true passion
Craft a world with song
Give heart to mere words, and sing
Feel it in your soulHands moving, instinct
From nothing comes artistry
A gift; special craft
Next week’s theme: Relief
Folks, a quick note about comments: A few of you don’t have Name/URL enabled on your blogs, and I CAN’T comment in that case. Take a moment to enable that, will you? There are other ways to combat spam and still allow people with their own domains to leave their homage to your greatness ;)
Nothing makes me happier than to see new people getting “hooked on haiku”! Keep it going to make it to the Hooked on Haiku List (if you’re not listed and should be, please [politely] let me know!)
To participate in this week’s event, please use the following code in your post on your own blog (if you don’t have a blog, post your Haiku as a comment):
You can also choose to use only a text link, or either of these additional images I made for your use! Use This one (dark), or This one (light)!
Yea! Good to see your Sensational Haiku ~ enjoy the week ~ namaste, carol (A Creative Harbor)
Crafts in all their glory there.
I’m back!!
It will be interesting to see how different bloggers interpret this prompt!
Happy reading!
Jenn…
I Loved your positive haikus
Thanks for posting for me…Galen
Loving your crafting Haiku … I enjoy when someone gives me a gift made with their hands over a store bought one! Thank you for hosting SHW!! :-)
sweet & artsy, creating beauty. love being crafty & love your haiku!
Lovely haiku, as always! Here’s one from me:
Crafting a poem
takes work, skill, art, cleverness.
Damn … I left out wit.
you hid your haiku craftily in the comments!
Madeleine — another gem of wit from you!! Yea!!
Excellent haiku! Anything crafted is a gift from the heart.
I love this weeks prompt!!
I’ll be back later to see what everyone else came up with!
http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/craft.html
Cleverly crafted competition!
Posted my haiku!
I hope everyone likes it.
Comments are welcome.
I think I put a bit of a unique twist on this! Thanks for hosting!
Lovely prompt “craft”, I have tried again with the classical 5-7-5 form. I think I succeeded.
Feel it in your soul…yes, very important for a craft to excel!
i LOVE the new badges/images, Jenn! i think i’ll have to use one in the post and another in the sidebar they’re so pretty! {i have this thing about badges.} {smile}
sorry i haven’t been participating regularly ~ life has gotten in the way but i’m hoping to do better.
your haiku are all wonderful! but they always are.
i hope 2012 is being kind to you so far. dani ?
What a great series of haiku. I had so much fun with this theme.
Great haiku! I love “From nothing comes artistry”
I promise to try
to remember to write a
Haiku for you soon!
I’m not participating yet but I did subscribe to your blog today, so nice to find it! Looks great. I’ll be back soon to share a haiku too. :<)
http://www.takeahappybreak.com
http://www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com
Welcome aboard, Geraldine! Hope you try haiku with us soon! Thanks for subscribing, too – I’m always so thrilled when people do that!!