Robert C Funk says he only began writing poetry as he moved into elderhood. Here is a Haiku he submitted for publication.
A lone night owl
Welcomes the sun
Hoot, hoot, hoot
.
The dawn spring wind
Lifts an eagle aloft
Crash dive breakfast
.
Desert mountains
The rising sun
Is the painter
.
Awakening at dawn
In the wind swept desert
Cold bites my chin
.
Like life
Common is uncommon
.
Robert C. Funk
Copyright
Unpublished 01162010
Haiku is a poem form from Japan that has become increasingly popular in North America and Europe. Haiku is written in a vertical line with seventeen sound units or mora. Each 'verse has three lines. The first has five beats, the second seven, and the third has five.
Haiku poems can have any subject but nature is the one used most often. You may want to try your hand at this form of poetry. It can be challenging and your Haiku can be built over days or weeks.
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