Haiku Ellipses...Invitation...Response...

  SILVER SPARKLES in morning sunlight... wind on silver threads sparkle spider jazz music While gazing toward the sun in a garden area, sparkles of light bounced like musical notes on a thin sliver web...now drifting in a light breeze...the web and notes seemed to "phase" in and out of existence, here a moment, playing a few notes, then vanishing, then reappearing...over and over, such a delight to be a part of, to dance with the spider's creation. Might there be moments in our lives where we are prompted, inspired, or propelled by the winds of life to use our gifts to sparkle for a time, then recede into the background, and when the time is right, to sparkle again.  What are your gifts? What winds of life could help you make your gift sparkle with golden sunlight?  

BEGINNING HAIKU image...thought...feeling blending and integrating... birthing the haiku we start at the beginning of the poetic process for the first haiku on a blog about haikus... something from life rapts our attention...an image, thought, and/or feeling... as we sit, play, & observe the ideas, turning them round, blending, integrating... we find that they begin to coalesce into a haiku...the birth of a haiku! 15, 27, 35 the above sequence of numbers is poetry code for HAIKU translated:  1=1st line, 5=5 syllables (15=1st line of 5 syllables in the haiku form) 2=2nd line, 7=7 syllables (27=2nd line of 7 syllables in the haiku) 3=3rd line, 5=5syllables (35=3rd line of 5 syllables in the haiku)          

  Haiku-Ellipses...POETRY...Invitation...Response.... Introduction: How is the poetry of haiku related to the idea of ellipses? The Americanized haiku of 3 lines with 5-7-5 syllables in each line is a modification of the Japanese nature haiku. My style of haiku retains the 3 lines with 5-7-5 syllables but the content is not limited to nature...the haiku can be ANYTHING.  The ellipses in grammar refers to a continuation of thought, a progression in time that does not specify the precise content. In this blog, the haiku serves as an invitation for you to respond, whatever form that may take, a thought, emotion, idea, symbol, something you want to draw, write, share, do. Ideally this response would also be shared in the comment section of the blog, as a continuation of the ellipses, inviting me to read and respond...a mini dialogue. A Good Haiku: A "good haiku" should set the scene in the first line, establishing a context. The second line should link to the first and develop ...