Welcome to Poetry Play Thursday!

Today’s poetry prompt is a photo. I hope it will inspire you to write. If it does, I hope you’ll share you poem, or a link to it, here in our comments. We’d love to read what you’ve written! Have fun!

Train Tracks by Peter Griffin

Welcome to Poetry Play Thursday!

Do you enjoy haiku and other short forms of poetry the way I do?  Does your heart beat a little faster when thinking about editing a poem down, cutting here and chopping there until every single word is absolutely essential? Like me, do you sometimes believe that bright, [...]]]>

Welcome to Poetry Play Thursday!

Do you enjoy haiku and other short forms of poetry the way I do?  Does your heart beat a little faster when thinking about editing a poem down, cutting here and chopping there until every single word is absolutely essential? Like me, do you sometimes believe that bright, shiny, and tiny poem could benefit from a complimentary photo or drawing? If so, the haiga might be for you.

Here’s an excellent definition of haiga written by Ray Rasmussen:

Haiga: A Definition

Traditional Japanese haiga involved brush art work coupled with a haiku poem done in brush calligraphy. Like the haiku poem, the focus of haiga is in simplicity of expression.

Digital art-haiku is one form of modern haiga. Other forms include photo-haiku [haiku attached to a photographic image] and all modern forms of art coupled with haiku. Of course, traditional haiga is still practiced.

Just as the haiku form often contains a juxtaposition between two of its lines and a third line, so does or can modern haiga contain a juxtaposition between the haiku itself and the digital art work.In short, the art work does not necessarily directly represent the images presented in the haiku.

If you would like to see examples of other forms of modern and traditional haiga, simply search the internet with the following key terms: haiga, japanese, haiku.

~ Ray Rasmussen

Today’s poetry prompt is to create a haiga using any topic you’d like.  (I’m feeling a bit ambitious for us but let’s give this a try, shall we?)  My hope is that you will post your haiga here in our comments, including the picture portion of the haiga so we can appreciate it in full.  HTML or XHTML codes will work for adding the picture.  If you need help getting code for your picture, let me know.  If you have a blog and would prefer to post your haiga there, please leave us a link so we can admire your work.

Here are a few examples of haiga:

by Michael Rehling

by Naia

Have fun!

Happy Thursday everyone! Today’s visual prompt is simple. All you need do is write a poem using this photo as inspiration:

by Josee Holland Eclipse

I do hope the photo inspires you to write a poem in any form and share it, or a link to it, with us [...]]]>

Happy Thursday everyone! Today’s visual prompt is simple. All you need do is write a poem using this photo as inspiration:

by Josee Holland Eclipse

I do hope the photo inspires you to write a poem in any form and share it, or a link to it, with us in our comments! Have a beautiful day!

P.S.  If you post this photo along with your poem on your blog, please remember to credit Josee Holland Eclipse.  Thank you.

Hi all, writing exercise time again!

Just give us a 400 word or less story or poem based on the picture below. Post it in comments or leave the link so we can find it. And have fun!

Jane E. Jones

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Hey everybody! It’s Tuesday again, time for another picture prompt. I’ve been without power for a little while, and cable and internet even longer, due to some vicious storms we had here in Southern Ohio. Thank goodness the power is now back on, and my internet is back up and running! I did get [...]]]>

Hey everybody! It’s Tuesday again, time for another picture prompt. I’ve been without power for a little while, and cable and internet even longer, due to some vicious storms we had here in Southern Ohio. Thank goodness the power is now back on, and my internet is back up and running! I did get more writing in without all the distractions online, but I sure did miss it!

Okay, here’s today’s picture. Have fun, write lots, and leave your story or poem in comments or a link so I can come find you:)

I’m looking forward to reading! Thanks for participating…

Jane E. Jones

Hi everyone. Back to the photo prompt today

All I need you to do is post, in four hundred words or less, a story, song, or poem based on the picture below. You can post your work in comments or leave a link to where you’ve posted it so everyone can check it [...]]]>

Hi everyone. Back to the photo prompt today

All I need you to do is post, in four hundred words or less, a story, song, or poem based on the picture below. You can post your work in comments or leave a link to where you’ve posted it so everyone can check it out.

Thanks for participating!

Jane E. Jones

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Hi everyone. I’ve been a bit under the weather, and actually just remembered I should post today!

All I need you to do is post, in four hundred words or less, a story, song, or poem based on the picture below. You can post your work in comments or leave a link to where you’ve [...]]]>

Hi everyone. I’ve been a bit under the weather, and actually just remembered I should post today!

All I need you to do is post, in four hundred words or less, a story, song, or poem based on the picture below. You can post your work in comments or leave a link to where you’ve posted it so everyone can check it out.

Thanks for participating!

Jane E. Jones

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I can’t believe it’s Tuesday again already! That means it’s time for another TT writing exercise. I was going to post a writing prompt, but because I’m running late, as usual, I’m going to put up a picture. For those new to the prompt, I’d like you to post in comments a story, song, [...]]]>

I can’t believe it’s Tuesday again already! That means it’s time for another TT writing exercise. I was going to post a writing prompt, but because I’m running late, as usual, I’m going to put up a picture. For those new to the prompt, I’d like you to post in comments a story, song, or poem of four hundred words or less. If you’d rather post it on your own site, just leave a link in comments and I’ll come read it. Have fun! I look forward to seeing what you write. There are some amazing pieces here that people have written over the months. Thanks to everyone for participating

~Jane E. Jones

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Hi everybody! It’s time for another writing exercise. All I need you to do is post, in two hundred words or less, a story, song, or poem based on the picture below. You can post your work in comments or leave a link to where you’ve posted it so everyone can check it out.

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Hi everybody! It’s time for another writing exercise. All I need you to do is post, in two hundred words or less, a story, song, or poem based on the picture below. You can post your work in comments or leave a link to where you’ve posted it so everyone can check it out.

We love reading your contributions! Have fun

Jane E. Jones

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Hey everyone, it’s time for another writing exercise. I’ll probably do these every other Tuesday; next Tuesday I hope to post my interview with Marci Baun, publisher of Freya’s Bower.

On another note, the first review for Puppy Love is in, I’ve posted it on my website. I hope you’ll have a look. [...]]]>

Hey everyone, it’s time for another writing exercise. I’ll probably do these every other Tuesday; next Tuesday I hope to post my interview with Marci Baun, publisher of Freya’s Bower.

On another note, the first review for Puppy Love is in, I’ve posted it on my website. I hope you’ll have a look. Thanks to Diana Coyle of Night Owl Romance for the review.

Now, on to the writing exercise! Please post a poem, story, or song based on the picture below. I’ve decided to take out the 200 word or less restriction and just let you write what you feel like writing. We all look forward to reading your entries!

~Jane