Found haiku – FFA dVerse

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Some books

Some books



beloved snow –
in the memory
of the forest

after dark
for whom the bell tolls
– ashes to dust

I wanted to create a variation too, where I use all the titles but add my own too..

my beloved –
as footprints in the snow
now lingering
in the memory
of the forest

but after dark
it’s even darker
and the forest speaks
for whom the bell tolls
that memories are like
– ashes to dust
and emptiness

Sorry for that, but I just wanted to put a little bit more meat in the stew.

Today Samuel Peralta have us do spine poetry at FFA. Take a picture and create poetry by using the book-titles. I took a look and found a few books, creating two haiku (or senryu). I changed the order a little but the titles are the one in the photo. I had a little bit too many Swedish books in my library to create great poetry… But come with your library and Join us at the pub at 9 PM CET.

66 responses to “Found haiku – FFA dVerse”

  4. Very effectively done, Bjorn. I really do like the way you added your own variation as well. I especially liked your OWN last stanza, which really accentuated the dark feeling.

  5. I like that you have managed to write haiku with the titles you selected Björn! I also think that your addition of “meat in the stew” creates a most meaningful and beautiful poem.

  8. nice…i like the found poem….but in your version, the footprints in the snow through the forest…that is an amazing visual….you did a great job with this bjorn

  9. Brilliant idea! I so happen to have a pile of books under my office desk, which I have finished reading on my way to work, and not taken home again. Thank goodness, since I am between permanent homes so all my books are packed away in storage at the moment ! 😦

  10. Bjorn-man; leave it to you to find haiku in some titles; nice job. Like you, I wanted to add some of my own words to tie the titles closer together, but taking Brian’s lead, I only colored inside the lines. I love it that you found such a creative way to meet the challenge of the prompt & then improve upon it–a brave poet you are.

  13. both of them work very well björn… loved esp. the in the memory of the forest part… lots of room to interpret… it was so tough for me as i of course have much more german than english books… oy… maybe the same for you with swedish/english..

  20. I love both of them ~ Really impressed with how you weaved the haiku out of the first ~ And the second one, you made the emptiness darker ~

  22. I adore that first Haiku and think in some ways the second underscores its meaning. And like even more your doctored version. I rewrote mine , too, for G-man 55, but posted it separately.

  26. Beautiful stack of books arranged in the most beautiful way! Both versions are winners, but I have fallen in love with the first haiku.

  27. Beloved snow… something so haunting about this poem from first line to last.. the white silence of snow, the final silence of ashes to dust… they toll for us, those bells.

  30. Haiku are the perfect form to complement spine poetry, with the conciseness and use of imagery… you felt this intuitively, and it shows. Also loved your variation, weaving in your own words throughout, it makes for a really interesting extension of the original. Well done!

  34. You have way more English language books in your library than I do Swedish ones. Even with a relatively limited selection, you’ve managed to produve a fine poem.

  37. Both poems are great, but I especially like the haiku…that does it for me…the haunting sense is powerful. Very well done 🙂

  41. Great books to inspire such a tight haiku masterpiece.

    Loved both versions, and i find myself reading them over, trying to sense which do I prefer. I can’t decide!

  42. Interesting. The first really does elude to everything below… and is so full. I usually think haiku is a form that is a bit too short – but here, I like it best. Really an amazing spine poem.

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