Haiku Friday: Storytelling

October 16th, 2009

Here’s my haiku for today, on the topic of Storytelling:

sit in a circle
gather your friends around you
listen to stories

It’s Haiku Friday again. For the past twenty years or so, it has been my practice to write one haiku every day. Every Friday I share a haiku here, about whatever topic I happen to choose. I invite you to write a haiku on this topic too, and share it with me and the readers of this blog. Just write it in the Comments below. The only rules are: 1) your haiku must be about the named topic; 2) you must follow the 5-7-5 syllable format; 3) no obscenities or hate (I will delete those). That’s it.

At the end of each month I’ll gather up the haikus in the “Haiku Comments” that meet the criteria and pick one at random in a drawing, and send the winner of the drawing one of my e-books: your choice of Haiku for the Seasons I, or Haiku for the Seasons II.

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6 Responses to “Haiku Friday: Storytelling”

  1. Tim Says:

    Crickets stop their song,
    the logs crackle as a grace.
    “Once upon a time…”

  2. E-Learning » Blog Archive » Storytelling and Haiku Says:

    [...] Facebook friend Kim Pearson (pictured), who has written one haiku a day for 20-some years, runs a haiku contest every Friday on a particular theme. Today’s theme is storytelling. Check it [...]

  3. Whisperer Says:

    Miracle du Conteur.
    Dans le silence tout autour,
    Les mots qui s’envolent!

  4. Suki via my MoM, Samantha Says:

    “Storytelling” according to Suki:

    Tales told by my tail,
    each motion a new segue;
    spoken with a swish.

  5. Linda Leamon Says:

    ancient cryptic myth
    whispers from the old mother
    illumine wisdom

  6. Deborah Drake - Catalyst Says:

    Velvet black birds on
    Lush green carpets stealing
    Worms from their safety

    Sunday morning walks offer
    murder by crows and beauty

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