Sunday, January 31, 2021

Creative Process Insights and Showing My Work

Just as I remember back in math class, the teacher would tell us to show our work, although this is not math, it makes sense for me to show my work. This is how I created some of my recent haiku in preparation for #NaHaiWriMo & #CherylsEverydayHaiku

WORD LIST for "Haiku American Style"


1 Syllable                                            2 Syllable                                         3 Syllable

Wince                                                  cower                                               shoveler

Cringe                                                 hidden                                              opulent

Thinned                                               crowded                                           created

Crushed                                               thunder                                             glistening

Stern                                                    fasten                                               diluted

Burn                                                    itchy                                                 agony

Trust                                                    winter                                               allegiance

Porch                                                   reject                                                variance


PHRASES

Hidden opulence (5)                       Thinned allegiances (5)                  Crushing rejection (5)

Glistening winter porch (6)           Agonizing wince (5)                         Glorious agony (5)

Burning winter ____(4)                 Vast glistening creation (7)           Cowering shoveler (6)

 

HAIKU DRAFTS

(inspired by the word “rejection”)

There is no one else (5)

She chooses to stay single (7)

His two empty hands (5)


Donning winter boots

Shoveler peeks thru curtains

Porch collects white flakes  (or "Flakes whiten the porch")

  

Sporting furry gear

Budding skier checks forecast

Summoning more snow


©2021 Cheryl L. Crockett

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