Svenja is this week’s Poet-of-the-Week for the W3 Poetry Prompt #198, where she tempts us to write a Haiga.
Click below to find out all you need to know about the Haiga prompt.

Svenja’s Haiga Prompt

Svenja’s prompt: Haiga

Create a haiga by pairing a traditional haiku or senryū with a visual art form of your choice. Let the overall theme reflect the long-awaited shift from winter to spring.

All visual art forms are welcome. Be sure that the words and the artwork work together and enhance one another.

Write your haiku or senryu in three unrhymed lines with a 5–7–5 (or short-long-short) syllable pattern

If you’d like to learn more about haiga, check out Poem Analysis.

Thaw

Poem and Photo©️Lesley Scoble

Thaw, Lyrics and Sound Production©️Lesley Scoble (Voice and Music AI generated)

The frozen footstep of a fox.

Frozen footprints of a fox | Photo©️Lesley Scoble

It’s comforting to know spring is waiting underfoot.

Me in Charterhouse Square, London | Photo by Daniel Perkin

Frozen Footsteps on a City Pavement

Frozen Footsteps on a City Pavement | Photo©️Lesley Scoble

THANK YOU
My gratitude to David, and to this week’s Poet of the Week, Svenja, for the haiga-inspired prompt.
And my thanks to you, gracious reader, for lingering a while with my poem.


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9 responses to “Thaw: Haiga and Audio”

  1. Lesley, this is wonderful! I love the poem, the chosen picture is a beauty and what I really like is that you added a third layer in adding sound to the visual and written art.

    The line ‘listening for thaw’ holds a promise that reach deep inside my heart!

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    1. Svenja, thank you so much! Haiga is a fairly new form for me, and I truly appreciate your comment. Thank you for your inspirational prompt — I found it very calming to write.

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      1. You are very welcome. On all accounts!

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  2. Hi Lesley, this is a beautiful haiga. I will take a look at this prompt.

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    1. Hi Robbie, 😊 Yes, do! It’ll be great with your art. ❤️

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  3. Beautiful poem and photos! The thaw is starting, can’t wait for the spring!

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    1. Thank you, kind Elizabeth. 😊🙏💗 I can’t wait either! 🌱

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  4. Great photos Lesley. I can hear spring whispering under the snow. (K)

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