Friday, January 11, 2008

HAIKU : my venture into a new world :)


"During every dark-stormy nights

My fragile boat keeps its old promise

With a rekindled new spirit."
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I have heard about Haiku when I was in college. But never tried to write it untill Sameera tagged me do so. Haiku is one of the most important form of traditional Japanese poetry, where the poems are simple, small and not rhymed. It is nothing but a depiction of nature in its innumerable aspects.


Few simple rules for writing in this form of poetry are:

1. Three lines of verse consisting of five, seven, and five syllables.

2. Each haiku must contain a seasonal word, may not strictly be a typical one. For example: snow denotes winter.


It is my first attempt to Haiku. And believe me friends it's a great fun writing one. All Thanks to Sameera...I ventured into a new world of poetry and enjoying every bit of it.
P.S : It is a wrongly done Haiku. :( But I guess you all will ignore it as I am just a beginner. From next time I will take care of the syllables.... I Promise :) . After all i am in the learning process. :P
Thnx for informing me Lena and Sameera :)


Now as per the tag rule.... i will tag : SPIRIT.
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***Image by: Anubhav( my li'l brother)

55 comments:

  1. very nice one preeti...
    cheers for the new spirit

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  2. nice l'll haiku, preetilatha.Quite inspiring too. the pic by l'll is nice :)

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  3. i love your spirit sweetie!!
    its a lovely haiku :)
    but then you should have counted syllables correct :P

    Have a nice day, dear!!
    take care!

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  4. Thanks for doing the tag dear!I had totally forgotten about it :)

    It is beautiful sweetie,so very you.And that pic by your li'l bro is sooo lovely!Keep it up dear,your artistic talent knows no boundaries I guess.Love ya loads.Hugssss

    P.S. The syllable count is not accurate dear;you should count the syllables as we pronounce them and not the words!

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  5. @ RAMBLER...
    thnx fren... a big cheers 4 d new spirit.

    tk cr
    :) :) :)

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  6. @-xh-

    thnx fren or the encouragemnt.

    tk cr
    :) :) :)

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  7. @lena..
    thnx sweetie.
    sorry f d syllables. will tk cr from nxt time. :)

    lv u

    tk cr
    :) :) :)

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  8. @ sameera,
    oh! angel! lv u so so so mucccccccch. :)

    thnx 4 informing me dear. will tk cr frm nxt time...okies :)

    muaaaaaaaaaaaaah

    lv u

    hugs

    tk cr
    :) :) :)

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  9. very very sweeet..!! lovd it...!!
    nd thanku thanku thanku thanku sooooooooooo much fr the lovely awards..

    -matsyakanya

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  10. but it is a beautiful one, preethi :)
    as everything that comes out from you :) :)

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  11. Cheers to your lovely spirit!Love ya loads.Muaaaaaaaaah.Hugsssss!

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  12. Hi Preetilata,
    I'm not so familiar with Haiku but I do appreciate your poem. It has layers and layers of meanings. I see you as the boat that sails the sea of life no matter what the situation maybe. You have a strong sail and it battles against the winds of changing fortunes. You just stay on course and go with the wind. In due time you will hit land fall and deliverance. Thanks for the beautiful post. God bless and have a wonderful and pleasant day always.

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  13. :P :P lolz haiku needs some research work before it is clearly comprehended by us :P

    Me did a lot of research on it before successfully acomplishing my haiku :P

    Poem is yummyily beautiful though :)

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  14. nice attemt preeti....although i don't know much about haiku....but it's nice to see that you trying to attemt something new....the image done by your little brother is very good....all the best to both of you.

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  15. Nice attempt and thanks for the information.

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  16. @kaushiki..

    thnx meri mtsya :)

    n m glad to know that u r happy. u dsrv thz awrds

    tk cr :)

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  17. @lena..

    thnx so much dear. u alwys encourage me to no end.

    lv u..tk cr
    :) :) :)

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  18. @sameera,

    thnx angel...
    cheers to our frenship.

    lv uuu....muaaaahhhhhhhh

    (((hugs)))

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  19. @ mel,

    oh! dear friend! u dont know how much u encourage me alwys.

    m blessed to hv a fren like u.

    may god bless u alwys.

    tk cr :)

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  20. @divya,

    welcome to my world divya.

    ya..u r right..haiku certainly needs lots of rsrch wrk which i dint do n thats y...:P

    thnx 4 providing me the encouragemnt dear.

    hope u will come again.

    tk cr :)

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  21. @kalpajeet da,

    thnx da for all ur love, support and wishes.

    tk cr :)

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  22. hmm..very spiritted entry into the Haiku world.(Pun intended )
    khoob bhalo likhecho.
    tc
    cu

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  23. All the Best for your new venture honey and thanks a ton for your awards..but tell me how do I post them in my blog???

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  24. @ CU..
    he he...thnks a lot.

    bhalo theko :D :P

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  25. @aarthi..

    thnx darls.

    about d awrds u surly deserv thm. copy paste thm from my blog and upload in ur blog..tht's it :)

    tk cr :)

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  26. hi jaan

    thats too cool. i think, for refreshing our life we shd alwys do somthg new..... . Is'nt it??

    marvellous attempt. 100/100.

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  27. It is so beautifule dear :)

    Thank you so much for the lovely awards you have given me, feel completley honored , will put them up in my blog soon :)

    I am also back from my trip, so you can read my experiences in my blog :)

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  28. The pic looks very cute ( convey it to ur lil brother :) )

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  29. HEY....
    Smiles...today m just gettin more than one reasons to smile..a perfect day n nw ends with a perfect nite...lovely attempt :)

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  30. thats a great one.. too gud for a start... keep bringing more.. i should try Haiku some time.. :)

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  31. Hi preetilata and thanks for your visit and nice comments.
    Congratulations on winning the Santa’s Blog of the Day Contest too! Its an honour to be listed on top together with you.

    I like your blog and your style, so keep up the good work!

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  32. Hi Preetilata,
    Thanks for your visit to my blog and for the warm greetings. May I greet you the best of the holidays too. That was a beautiful poem you have.
    I wish I could also make a poem like that. God bless.

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  33. good haiku, but i dint get it.....And i feel it must have taken a good time to write it out

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  34. Hi Preetilata, just read your haiku. It is a pretty good start for a beginner. The history of haiku is quite interesting.It was originally used by Japanese zen masters( Zen is a 'Japanese School of Philosophical thought') to convey abstract metaphysical truths. There is no rhyme and meter, as you had pointed out, but it must create a visual image in the mind of the reader. Deceptively simple, they can be profoundly deep in meaning. I do sincerely hope you write many more haikus. Cheers!!!

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  35. good attempt!!!! hmmm.. i think i'll try it out!!!

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  36. Very interesting... and the picture is really good.. how old is your brother?

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  37. @ cm-chap,
    thnx by dropping by me blog and 4 encouraging me too.

    hope u will agn visit my page.

    tk cr :)

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  38. @sandhya...

    omg! 100/100 even 4 doing it wrong!! :D

    thx dear for ur love, supprt n encouraging words. n yes i agree with u..we sud alwys do new thing atlst once in a while.

    tk cr :)

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  39. @ shalini..

    thnx dear. u alwys encourg me to no ends.

    i will soon catch up with ur posts.

    m happy that u hv liked d awrds. u dsrve them dear.

    n agn thx 4 liking d pics. i will surely convey it 2 my bro

    tk cr
    :) :) :)

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  40. @ mads..

    thnx dearie. kp smiling alwys. may u gt more thn 1 rsns 2 smile each n evry day.

    (((HUGS)))

    tk cr
    :) :) :)

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  41. @hammett,

    welcome to my page.

    thnx a lot by dropping by n encouraging me. yes i will try haiku agn.

    happy to knw that u 2 r going 2 try it.

    hope u will visit agn.

    tk cr
    :) :) :)

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  42. hey pree painting by ur lil bro is superb yaar,,,,,

    and poem is just like u ;)

    nautghy and sweet :)

    Take Care
    Vikas{V}

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  43. Preeti, I have tagged you to list out 5 of your favoutite links. Check out the details here.

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  44. Kool Haiku there buddy! Way to go... Loved the pic.

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  45. hmm i believe that they all have already made some wonderful comments towards this artful poetry that i lack any other words to convey my feelings towards this picturesque poem..
    ;-)

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  46. Have you checked out www.poetry.com?
    They have a daily haiku contest.

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  47. I love it dearie, who cares if you did it 'wrong'. Write your own rules in the world. Ten dollars says I do mine wrong too. ;) I'll get started on it right away tonight, and btw I have NOT forgotten about those awards you gave me. It often takes me awhile to make those posts because I like to think very carefully of what I want to say.

    PS> I have your poem done I should be putting it on my private blog today or tomarrow but no promises since I have to shimmy on over to work soon. :)

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plz.. open d white window :)