A small collection of Haiku, Tanka, Cinquain, and Diamante poems by AngelMercury

This was something we had to do for English class when we studied Poetry, and then I loved it and kept on going. ^_^ Let me explain: Haiku is a Japanese form of poem, usually about nature, consiting of 5, then 7, then 5 syllables in 3 lines. Tanka is also a Japanese form of poem, usually about/including seasons of the year, written in 5, 7, 5, 7, 7 syllables in 5 lines. A Cinquain is a sort of English form of Haiku, consisting of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 syllables in 5 lines. A Diamante is basically a contrast poem shaped like a diamond. These are all 'formula' poems, and I tried to write according to these rules. Well, here they are!


HAIKU POEMS:

 

"Rain" (March 8, 1999)

Tears of the sky

Tell of joy and sadness

to open souls.

 

"Sea Gift" (March 8, 1999)

I find on the shore

A plastic rose - memory,

A promise unkept.

 

(August 5 1999)

Cat on the window.

At home, warm, a light shining.

Looking for a friend.

 

"The Moon" (August 5 1999)

Through the heartless clouds

A face in the sky - my friend,

Your light warms my soul.


SEASONAL HAIKU POEMS:

AUTUMN

(Sept. 25, 1999)

Autumn leaves falling

Like memories of summer -

So bright their colors.

 

(Sept. 25, 1999)

The thunderstorm dressed

Trees in diamond raindrops for

A golden sunset.

 

(Oct. 9, 1999)

Sad raindrops falling

Onto golden, crimson leaves.

Remember summer!

 

(Oct. 9, 1999)

Summer is aging,

And the silver of her hair

Flutters in the wind.

(this one is about how, in the end of summer, little spiders move into new areas by flying on their spider-webs. It looks like silver threads are everywhere, it's beautiful.)

 

***NEW!!!***

Autumn. Trees bloom -

Mother Nature's painting with

Warm rainbow colours.

 

***NEW!!!***

The leaves are falling

Like goodbye letters from birds.

Summer has ended.

 

***NEW!!!***

When the last leaf falls,

Snow cleans Nature's studio

For a new painting.

 

WINTER:

(Jan. 19, 2000)

Wind whispering with

Elf voices, carrying stars,

Sparkling, to the ground.

 

(Jan. 19, 2000)

Sparkling white fairies

Dancing to unheard music

In the winter breeze.

 

(Feb. 18, 2000) ***NEW!!!***

The moon gazes down,

and glittering snow smiles back.

This is her season.

 

(Feb. 18, 2000) ***NEW!!!***

Bare tree branches

Rise to the crisp blue sky - like

Frozen fireworks.

 

SPRING:

***NEW!!!***

Raindrops in the spring

Kiss the shy, young flowers - a

Promise of beauty.

 

***NEW!!!***

A nightingale sings

Love songs to the moon - that's why

She smiles so brightly.

 

***NEW!!!***

(another take on the above theme)

The bright moon smiles at

The singing nightingale - her

Secret admirer.


Tanka: "Winter" (March 8, 1999)

Winter's freezing wind,

Abandoning the cold hills,

Tells of souls lost.

Sometimes I think I hear the

wailing of its own soul.


Cinquain: "Missing Things" (March 8, 1999)

I'd miss

So many things

if I don't think to look

at the ever-changing trees. So

I do.

 


DIAMANTES:

Diamante: (March 10, 1999)

Birds -

joyful, friendly

winged, wandering, singing

color, feather - green, cold

leaping, babbling, wondering

sad, isolated

Frogs.

 

Pencil -

new, sharp

writing, creating, perfecting

art, story - nonexistent, paper

destroying, wiping, disappearing

clean, bare

eraser.


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