The brilliant poet Michele Navajas is the Poet of the Week for the W3 Poetry Prompt #179. Michele invites us to write a Hay(na)ku series of five poems about a different aspect of love. Please click below to discover the full details.
Click here to read Michele’s Hay(na)ku prompt guidelines
Michelle’s prompt guidelines
🧩 Form: Hay(na)ku poetry series
- Invented by: Filipino poet Eileen Tabios (2003).
- Structure (per poem):
- Line 1 → 1 word
- Line 2 → 2 words
- Line 3 → 3 words
No rules for rhyme, rhythm, or subject beyond the word count.
🎭 Theme: Love
Write 5 separate Hay(na)ku poems, each about a different aspect of love, including but not limited to:
- Romantic love
- Familial love
- Self-love
- Unrequited love
- Enduring/timeless love
Each poem should stand alone but together create a layered meditation on love.
My Hay(na)ku poems are written in the poetic form invented in 2003 by Filipino-American poet Eileen R. Tabios. Each stanza follows a simple structure: one word, two words, three words — six in total, minimalism at its best! Named after the Filipino *tagalog exclamation “Hay naku!” (“Oh my!”), the form invites succinctness!
*Tagalogs are a collection of phrases in Tagalog, an Austronesian language spoken mainly in the Philippines. For a list of Tagalog phrases visit here.
I wrote my poems (and sketched the iPad pastels) in response to Michele’s suggested list: romantic love, familial love, self-love, unrequited love, and enduring/timeless love.
5 Ways to Love
1. Unrequited Love
2. Romantic Love
3. Familial (parental) Love
4. Enduring / Timeless Love
5. Self Love
Music Audio — 5 Ways to Love
THANK YOU
Thank you, Mich, for your wonderful prompt — I’ve truly enjoyed the challenge.
Thank you, David of The Skeptic’s Kaddish, for your encouragement and inspiration.
And thank you, dear reader, for spending time with my poems.
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