Hooked

Cherry

By Frances Macaulay Forde

Mon, 03 Jun 2013
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8 comments
 

Infant in pink
Nanna’s careful looping
knits memory

Complicated re-
call of life’s patterns
crocheted with love

Wanting to freeze-
frame glimpses, keepsakes
in dated order

Signposted
familial purl noted
before casting off

Certificate U
Poem
Cafe Poets Program ~ Australian Poetry Org.,
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on
I'm not familiar with the haiku form, and sometimes find the intensity difficult to access and follow, but this seemed a lovely little compostition focussing to those memory albums and reels locked away in our brains. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Frances Macaula... on

G'day Rhiannonw,
Thanks for the compliments.
Once you click, Haiku and Tanka are really easy.

Simple Haiku is 5 -7 - 5 (beats):

In/fant in pin/k
1 2 3 4 5
Nan/na/’s care/ful loop/ing
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
knit/s mem/or/y
1 2 3 4 5

Tanka is usually 5 -7 -5 -7 -7 with references made to a season and the weather.

I look forward to reading some of yours :o))

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Submitted by scratch on
Lovely indeed Frances.

 

Submitted by seashore on
As one who loves Haiku but can't master the format, I think this is superb.

Submitted by fatboy74 on
I thought this was great Frances.

 

Submitted by Frances Macaula... on
WOW - Thanks everyone - especially TC for the Cherry - it made my day! Thanks also to all who've read my little poem, thanks for the compliments - good to 'meet' you Rhiannonw and to 'see' you again scratch, seashore and fatboy74 :-)) Yes, I've been distracted but coming back to read my favorites and post something every now and then...

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Submitted by Linda Wigzell Cress on

Nice one.  Going to give this Haiku a go. 

Linda

Submitted by Frances Macaula... on

Good to hear, Linda.  I'll have to check out your Haiku when you post it  :o))

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