Michele Navajas is the Poet of the Week for the W3 We’ave Weekly Poetry Prompt. She asks us to write a poem on the theme of love lost and found. Please see her guidelines below where she gives details of the Hay(na)ku poetry form.
Mich’s prompt guidelines Write a multiple/chained hay(na)ku on the theme of “love lost and found”. Hay(na)ku? Hay(na)ku is a very simple poetic form and one of the newest. It was inaugurated on the Web on June 12th, 2003 (Philippines Independence Day) by Filipino poet Eileen Tabios (b. 1960). Three lines; L1: one word; L2: two words; L3: three words; There are some variations of this new poetic form. For instance, a reverse hay(na)ku has lines of three, two, and one words for L1, L2, and L3 respectively. Also, multiple hay(na)ku can be chained together to form longer poems.
I Lost My Heart
a Hay(na)ku by Lesley Scoble
Found: My heart In Lost Property
NOTES How to pronounce Hay(na)ku If you are a good old London Cockney, you have a head start in pronouncing Hay(na)ku correctly. Drop the aitch and say ‘ay. Eileen Tabios The Hay (na) ku is the invention of poet and publisher Eileen Tabios. The worldwide web spread the word and its official inauguration was in 2003. On the same day as the Philippine Independence Day, June the 12th. Eileen Tabios at first called the form Pinoy Haiku. A chap called Vince Gotera suggested she change it to Hay(na)ku, and it stuck. It corresponds to a Tagalog word phrase meaning ‘Oh!’ or the Spanish exclamation ‘Madre Mia!’. In which case, it might be valid to place an exclamation mark at the end of Hay(na)ku! Tagalog? Tagalogs are a collection of phrases in Tagalog, an Austronesian language spoken mainly in the Philippines. For a list of Tagalog phrases visit here.
ACKNOWLEDGING
Thank you Mich, (Michele Navajas) for introducing me to the Hay(na)ku poetry form. I like it! My thanks also go of course, to David, The Skeptics Kaddish for his weekly inspiration and encouragement.
Image Credit
I Lost My Heart | Abstract digital painting©️Lesley Scoble
Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright, (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.
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