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12 year circles in China,
which makes our life more interesting,
which year do you like?
check out your birthday, and happy new year
write some poems on fuji film and a travel experience,
which shall bring imagery to one's mind
a fuji film roll nestled inside a Canon camera
unexplored and unexposed
dark space gives one golden hope
a picture is taken with a 400 mm flashing grade
sweet trips turn into digital romance
many photos and many prints
the poems and the adventures mix
a great memory art is made by human hand
and by awesome human plans
a theme is key to one's goal of writing,
why not choose food and music?
a cup of red wine
some fried dumplings in a silver plate
a violin player in the television screen
Todd and Sarah sit
quiet, satisfied,
they eat their food,
they have improved mood when
a car outside their window drives by
life could be great
write a poetry style in gratitude, always feel the grace in your mind and in your thoughts
a poem of gratitude
not necessarily needed expression
but a way to make remarkable impression
not need to open arms and share cash
but a way to pass spiritual connection
some angel's wings,
glittering yet distant
some children's innocence
astonishing and mind blowing
a poem of gratitude and grace
the secrets yet to be unfolded
a maplewood says ordinary things,
it makes one easy and relax....
a sample of maplewood
a friend screams from his French home
Carrier hears him from Hawaii Harbor
Obama and Bush cook Tofu and eat Fish
Taring and Lawrence bake potato cake
poet Luke comes to new york city,
Trump family decides to live in West Virginia
write something in contrast, making sure it evoke strong emotion when you read
the words echo, leaving one feel uneasy
haibun
winter is here with frost
trees bow to pray, hazel bricks block
all tender eyes from hot buns
haibun #2
silver seashells and blue waters
owls hoot through midnight, a noon bell
rings, hamburg lunch awaits
there always (tom) tomorrow,
there are always Goshen today,
why not trust McDaonal mcchicken hamburger for a good time?
a one dollar sandwich is worthy a morning,
do eat a lot.
what does a penguin do to survive?
vote for a good course through humor....what makes you happy?
a newborn will love this action rhyme because it ends with a surprise tickle. Start by drawing an imaginary circle on your newborn's tummy, "round and round." Then with "one step, two steps," walk your fingers up his chest, and then tickle him under his chin and arms.
"Jack in the Box"
Jack in the box (cover your eyes)
Sits so still.
Won't you come out?
Yes, I will! (throw up your arms)
Babies love this exuberant game of hide-and-seek. Show your baby how to cover his eyes, and then say the first couple of lines in a low voice to set the mood. Add some anticipation with the third line, and then throw up your hands and shout out the last line. Your baby will love quietly waiting, waiting... and then watching you pop up like a jack-in the-box!
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
Row, row, row your boat (rock back and forth)
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.
This song is so engaging it can make a baby feel as if she's actually singing the words. The sounds are fun to make, and the words help your baby learn the names of many animals. Sing it on the way to the zoo or to a farm, or when you read a picture book that features animals, and then make the sounds when you see the animals. Your child will be thrilled to find it all so familiar.
"Trot, Trot, Trot"
Trot, trot, trot to London.
Trot, trot, trot to Dover.
Look out, ____, (baby's name)
Or you might fall OVER! (tip baby to the side)
song lyrics
The bear went over the mountain,
the bear went over the mountain,
the bear went over the mountain,
to see what she could see.
And all that she could see,
and all that she could see,
was the other side of the mountain,
the other side of the mountain,
the other side of the mountain,
was all that she could see.
The bear went across the river,
the bear went across the river,
the bear went across the river,
to see what she could see.
And all that she could see,
and all that she could see,
Tanka is a poetry form which originated in Japan more than 13 centuries ago. In its purest form, tanka poems are most commonly written as expressions of gratitude, love, or self-reflection. Suitors would send a tanka to a woman the day after a date, and she would reply in kind. These were short messages (like secret letters) expressing love, desire, meaning, or gratitude. These poems often culminated in a transcendental message.
Tanka poems do not rhyme, and they are written in short lines, like haiku. In fact, tanka poems in English generally adhere to a syllabic count. There are five syllables (onji) in the first line, seven in the second, five in the third, and seven in lines four and five (5/7/5/7/7). Some poets hold that the syllable count is unimportant–what matters is that the form is suited to the subject. At Tanka Journal, we enjoy the syllable counts, but we are more concerned with poems having personal experience or a transcendental meaning (preferably both). See the Tanka Recipe and video below.
The 5/7/5/7/7 rule is rumored to have been made up for school children to understand and learn
this type of poetry. For an in depth description of Tanka, please visit the Shadow Poetry Japanese Poetry Tanka section.
Example #1:
A cool wind blows in
With a blanket of silence.
Straining to listen
For those first few drops of rain,
The storm begins in earnest.
lulu.com, lottie evelyn williams, which is a good book that carries lots of free verse
古池や蛙飛び込む水の音
ふるいけやかわずとびこむみずのおと
furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto
fu-ru-i-ke ya (5)
ka-wa-zu to-bi-ko-mu (7)
mi-zu-no-o-to (5)
the first cold shower
even the monkey seems to want
a little coat of straw
First Voice
“But tell me, tell me! speak again,
Thy soft response renewing —
What makes that ship drive on so fast?
What is the ocean doing?”
Second Voice
“Still as a slave before his lord,
The ocean hath no blast…
Up to the moon is cast —…
See! see! (I cried) she tacks no more…
“Without a breeze, without a tide,
She steadies with upright keel!”
“All animals are equal but a few are more equal than others.”The animals on the farm represent different sections of Russian society after the revolution.