no dawn chorus
rising later every day
sunflowers
ripe wheat
unmoving in the field
a splash of poppies
brittle with heat
leaves already yellow
awaiting release
scarecrow silhouette
leaning west towards the sun
redundancy
silent blackbirds
in their annual moult
counting feathers
Kim M. Russell, 30th July 2020
My response to dVerse Poets Pub Meeting the Bar: Haiku Sequence, also linked to earthweal’s open link weekend
Frank T. is our host for today’s Meeting the Bar, where we take a deep dive into poetic craft. He says that many of us have written haibun for Haibun Monday prompts, which also means that we have written haiku. He would like us to try writing multiple haiku that express a similar theme or montage of images in haiku sequences. He has shared an explanation of the form and a four-haiku sequence by Michael Dylan Welch, together with a longer sequence by Adelaide B. Shaw, as examples.
Each sequence features a title, which can refer to the unifying idea or framework in which the haiku appear. Haiku sequences can be as short as a pair, or as long as the poet chooses. In both example sequences, the poets juxtapose two images within each haiku; the images relate to the theme or unifying framework of the sequence, as do the haiku themselves.
Our challenge is to write haiku sequences on any theme we like, with a minimum of three haiku with the traditional 5-7-5 syllable count, or haiku that can be read aloud in a breath, using a short-long-short format, without a syllable count. We must give the sequences titles and be sure they link to the haiku,
Instead of an image I chose one of my favourite Neil Young songs from ‘Harvest’.
I saw sunflowers yesterday and they are lovely, along with poppies. You captured that late summer scene with the ripe wheat and yellowed leaves. Autumn is coming up with harvest.
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Thank you, Grace,, it certainly is.
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Slow and still and quiet, but you find the colour. Lovely sequence.
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I am so looking forward to autumn mists and leaf colour – slow and still and quiet indeed.
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I can’t remember what it was like…
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🙂
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You surely capture a mood there, Kim. It is just so. Nice!
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Thank you, Lisa!
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You’re welcome.
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What a marvelous sequence Kim!
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Thank you, Linda!
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Absolutely beautiful encompassing nature. I can really see the sunlight here! What a fantastic take on the prompt. ❤
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Thank you so much, Lucy! 🙂
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A beautiful sequence Kim, I especially love the sunflowers and you’ve selected one of my favourite albums and songs by Neil too! 💚 xxx
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Thank you so much, Xenia! Much love to you, and to Eivor and Pearl. 🙂 xxx
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Thank you Kim! 💜 xxx
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Outstanding haiku work and capped off with one of my fave tunes. What more could I ask? Well done KR!
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Thank you muchly, Ron!
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luv the play of colours, almost like an overlap of seasons
Much💖love
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Much love to you, too, Gillena 🙂
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I can feel autumn seeping into summer in your luscious, flowing sequence, Kim! Masterfully done!
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Thank you so much, Frank!
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Damn, on the cusp of August, with Autumn in sight, yet, yet, the pandemic, the election, my sanity, all to be resolved…but you rocked the prompt with your sunshine splashed words, and fetching images.
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Why, thank you kindly, Glenn!
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #4: Kim Russell’s latest haiku sequence for #dVersePoets #MTB!
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Cheers for the reblog, Frank!
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Visions of late summer beautifully captured! Well done
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Thank you, Bev!
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You describe this late summer moving towards fall so beautifully, Kim. I especially liked the haiku about the wheat with the “splash of poppies.” I could picture the colors so well.
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Thank you so much, Merril. I love the gentler weather and colours of late summer and early autumn.
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Late summer here is still very hot and bright, but I understand what you mean. I’m already starting to miss though the longer days.
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kaykuala
A beginning established and progressing right through to rustic browns of Autumn for the harvest. A beautiful sequence Kim!
Hank
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Thank you, Hank!
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The wheat and poppies made me think of Van Gogh’s artwork…fabulous series, Kim!
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Thank you, Lynn!
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This has the perfect lazy, late summer feel to it.
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Thank you, Ken.
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Autumn is coming sooner than I wish. Yet I sweat. Love your sequence!
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Thank you, Mary!
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It feels like we had an early summer, and now we’re drifting into an early autumn – though in Ireland autumn starts on 1 August, so maybe I just misremember. I love the combination of melancholy and fruitfulness you capture here, Kim.
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Thank you, Sarah. The summer seems to have returned for a bit – it’s so hot here today!
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The change in light moves us towards autumn, even in the relentless heat. (K)
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I love your summer sequence. I can picture each of these happening. And the song fits perfectly…
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Thank you, Dwight!
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I was always surprised to visit my father in Pennsylvania up from Florida this time of year to see the summer already turning towards fall–that won’t happen here til October–a Lammas or Lugnasadh moment here, the harvest readying, the song lifting towards fall. Yes. – Brendan
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Thank you, Brendan.
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These are beautifully exquisite. Enjoyed each one as a picture in my mind.
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Thank you, Myrna.
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Summer is so fleeting, it’s hard to believe it is turning towards fall already. I love the blackbirds counting feathers!!!!!
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Thanks Sherry!
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Kim, I enjoyed your haiku dedicated to the harvest. That song is my absolute favorite of Neil Young’s. What a fabulous collection. ❤
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Thank you so much, Colleen!
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You’re welcome. ❤
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Another Neil fan!
This poem breathes the heat of this english summer, especially yesterday.
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Thank you, Kim!
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