Heeding Haiku With HA: To Derive Inspiration From Poetry # 1

William Blake : The Fly

Little fly, Thy summer’s play My thoughtless hand Has brushed away. Am not I A fly like thee? Or art not thou A man like me? For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing. If thought is life And strength and breath, And the want Of thought is death, Then am I A happy fly, If I live, Or if I die.

This week, the prompt is all about deriving inspiration from the poem, The Fly, by William Blake. To prod a poem to reveal its secrets, we have to be the voice that speaks the words, realizing their presence one after another and how they convey a message to us, within and out. Reading a poem is a journey not only through what the poet meant for us to understand but also, what and how we perceive a meaning which is just meant for us.

Once you have broken apart and restructured the words, framing them and holding them in your palms, you are to write a haiku or tanka, deriving inspiration from William Blake and your own self.

Basic guidelines:

• English Haiku is a three-line poem structured in syllable count of 5-7-5. It visualizes an image, an expression or experience which can be measured in the time it takes you to inhale and exhale. Including a season word or kigo is an important element of haiku.
• English Tanka is a five-line poem structured in syllable pattern of  5-7-5-7-7. The first two lines and the last two lines picture images and the third line is a pivotal line i.e. it signifies a grammatically correct meaning and completes the image either when paired with the first two lines or when paired with the last two lines.
• Most importantly, feel free and write, do not be burdened by the rules or guidelines. Enjoy crafting a haiku or tanka. And after when you have made the post, you can submit the links to your posts in the linking widget below.

Happy Writing!

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