After writing haiku and poems all week, it was hard to decide on one poem... This is a haiku I wrote yesterday after Dear Husband and I took a walk down to the beach... witnessing the harmonious feeling I always have while by the sea. The song of the sea is like a heart-song. The shell in the photo echoes my sentiments, and is symbolic of our tiny place in the grand scheme of things. This photo is one I took yesterday too. Because I enjoyed this haiku event so much, I may share more haiku and relative photos later... Like little surprises. And this has spurred me on to keep up with creative writing.
Below is a list of everyone who signed up here at Pink Purl for the Haiku Festival. I hope I got the list right and everyone's present. If you don't see your name and are sure you were joining in, please let me know and I will amend the list right away. Please stop over to see Elizabeth's list where there are others participating who signed up with her. If you can, do visit as many as possible to keep the festival air going! Would anyone be interested in making this an annual event?
Elizabeth -- About New York
Pat -- Mille Fiori Favoriti
Shayla -- Shayla's Art Diary
Julene -- Flower
Janet -- Are We There Yet?
Louise -- Whispering Poppies
Maureen -- MJ's Sputterings
Sophie -- a loner, dottie. a rebel
Kyoko -- Cotton and Cloud
Cyndi -- Collecting Leaves
Ros -- SnoopyDogKnits
Hazel -- Hazel Designs
Sarah -- Circles of Rain
Golden West -- Daughter of the Golden West
Storyteller -- Small Reflections
Willow -- Willow's Cottage
Christina -- Soul Aperture
Shell -- Swan of Dreamers
Rhubarb -- Rhubarb Whine
Jenny -- My Life in Flip Flops
Allegra -- Beading Stars
Chenoa -- A Meandering Pearl
CM Jackson -- States-of-Mine
Lea -- Tales from the Labyrinth
ELS -- Out My Window
Juana -- Gallery Juana
June -- junemoontoon
Magpie -- A New York Magpie's Eye
Sandra Leigh -- Amazing Voyages of the Turtle
Meri -- Meri's Musings
Chewy -- The Back of My Headboard. A place to stick it
Many thanks Elizabeth, for sharing in this great idea and fun event! And thanks to everyone participating! I look forward to visiting you all during the week and reading your poems! Happy Days, my friends! :o)
Hello Tracy, I had a last-ditch effort (a hasty first try). I didn't know of Haiku and just read quickly about it this afternoon. I will write a few more of these and yes, I'd like to see it as an annual event. Thankyou. LBx
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Posted by: ladybug | May 11, 2009 at 09:26 AM
The picture and haiku are so in balance! Lovely Tracy! And wonderful to see so many participating! I still don’t understand the 5-7-5... LOL! Maybe I should try to write a haiku in Dutch!
Posted by: nicolette | May 11, 2009 at 09:43 AM
Yes, to the idea of an annual event.
You may me long to live by the sea! I love the way you have combined words and picture.
Posted by: Bee | May 11, 2009 at 09:54 AM
So lovely, Tracy!
The beach is always a place to reflect and renew ourselves.
To me writing little poems is a great mental exercise...
helps us keep centered and observant.
This is such fun!
I will try to visit lots of people during the day.
I wrote my haiku while eating supper last night. I think my husband thought I was a little distracted!
Posted by: Elizabeth Wix | May 11, 2009 at 12:44 PM
Just beautiful Tracy!! Such powerful words and aperfect image to accompany them.
Posted by: Lisa | May 11, 2009 at 01:03 PM
Haven't quite tried haiku myself though I used to make poems with names. I like the one you've penned and will be looking forward to read more! I will read the works of these talented ladies as often as I can too. Have a great week Tracy!
Posted by: c|ara | May 11, 2009 at 01:16 PM
I enjoyed your haiku very much! Yes, I think you should make this a yearly event. And judging by all the participants here and over at Elizabeth's blog I'm thinking many will think the same way. Thanks for organising this :)
Posted by: Tracy | May 11, 2009 at 02:21 PM
A beautiful Haiku Tracy. I was right there with you! Glad you had a nice weekend. I was on the telephone most of late yesterday afternoon, first with my mom and then with my son, so I didn't get onto MSN at all. Perhaps tommorrow? I send you oodles of love and lots of hugs! To Charlie and TJ too! XXOO
Posted by: Marie | May 11, 2009 at 02:44 PM
Great haiku and wonderful photo, Tracy!
Posted by: Maureen | May 11, 2009 at 03:21 PM
Beautifully composed, Tracy! I love poems written about the sea! =) Thank you for hosting this even today!
Posted by: Beachy | May 11, 2009 at 03:37 PM
Very nicely done, Tracy, both the haiku and the photograph.
Posted by: Golden West | May 11, 2009 at 03:39 PM
This is beautiful! I love it. There is something so easy about the sea, part of my heart remains there.
xo
Posted by: Christina | May 11, 2009 at 03:41 PM
I wish I'd found this festival sooner. I would have signed up. Maybe next time!
I'll just enjoy reading everyone else's Haiku this time. Have a great time at the festival everyone! :)
Posted by: Sharon | May 11, 2009 at 04:00 PM
This is lovely, Tracy! The beach is so inspiring, and I think you've captured a wonderful emotion. So glad to "meet" you! :-)
Posted by: Jennifer | May 11, 2009 at 04:17 PM
Tracy,
Beautiful image and Haiku. Thank you and Elizabeth for this lovely project!!
x..x
steph
Posted by: stephanie | May 11, 2009 at 04:28 PM
Hi Tracy, thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving such a lovely and encouraging comment about my attempt at Haiku.
Your poem for the Haiku Festival is absolutely lovely - the rhythm first of the lap, lapping and then the waves lifting and forming the song of the sea...I can see and hear it so clearly. Wonderful image, too.
Posted by: Tessa | May 11, 2009 at 04:35 PM
I really like how you married the haiku with the image. Beautiful words to get my imaginaton going.
Thanks for hosting this festival and the links! An annual or even monthly event would be great.
Posted by: Gallery Juana | May 11, 2009 at 04:51 PM
I like it! I caught the calming sense in the cadence and words.
I love the sea, too.
How about a quarterly event?
Have a happy week, prepping!
Posted by: willow | May 11, 2009 at 04:55 PM
Simply beautiful.
Posted by: Allegra | May 11, 2009 at 05:03 PM
Your haiku takes me right to that place... thank you so to you and Elizabeth for creating this beautiful experience!
Posted by: Lea | May 11, 2009 at 05:12 PM
Hi Tracy!
I love your haiku ...and the way you made it part of the photo! Wonderful!
It was fun writing mine while on my way home from Colorado. It kept my mind off being sad I was leaving and flying alone in thunderstorms all the way home!
Hope we can do this again next year!
Hugs, Pat
Posted by: Pat | May 11, 2009 at 06:13 PM
Very cool Tracy. The photo and the Haiku go together so beautifully...
Posted by: ellen b | May 11, 2009 at 07:06 PM
What a beautiful, flowing Haiku......such amazing images conjured up . Thank you so much for hosting this event. It would be great to do it again!
Posted by: SNOOPYDOG | May 11, 2009 at 09:45 PM
I love your Haiku Tracy! I feel like that when I am by the sea too but could not have expressed it so beautifully. The photo is the perfect illustration of your words.
I never normally try to write poetry and really enjoyed it so I too will try to keep it up. THanks for your lovely comment too-I really wanted to illustrate what I had written-that was fun too.
I am very late at the festival-you are my first visit-a long day at work and then I have just been out to gather a carful of the perfect twigs and branches for something I am doing at school!
Looking forward to seeing everyone's poems.
Sarah :)
Posted by: Sarah | May 11, 2009 at 09:51 PM
Your haiku is sensory. I can hear the waves, Tracy and I think I know what you mean by echo. They are the rhythm of life.
Posted by: Shayla | May 11, 2009 at 09:55 PM