"Dawn" (The Harrisham Rhyme Poem)

A writing prompt from Poetic Bloomings:

The Harrisham Rhyme was created by Harrisham Minhas, of Punjab, India. It consists of one six-line rhyming stanza.  In this form, the last letter of the first word of each line becomes the first letter of the first word of the next line.
Rhyme scheme : ababab.

DAWN

In adoration we watch the sun rise

Nevertheless the ethereal hue

So briskly fades before our very eyes

Oh way too soon the blinding light collects its due

Humbled we accept the blessing in disguise

Dawning of the everlasting true

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

On Haiku and Origami (my origami chapbook is up!)

 

The September Heights haiku challenge hosted by Leo at Haiku Heights was good fun.  It’s always interesting to see how the same prompt – in this case, a specific word for each day of September – results in poems that are so different.  Different subjects, style, voice.  I chose to connect my haiku, in order to have a story by the end of the month.  I received a lot of support and encouragement as I was writing.  Thank you all so much.

Lynnie and Jan of Origami Poems Project have turned my haiku story into a lovely micro-chapbook, origami book; it fits on A4 sheet of paper and may be folded into a book, origami style:

http://www.origamipoems.com/poets/141-alexandra-palmer

Thank you, Lynnie and Jan, and thank you, Pip Hartnett, for the beautiful cover art.

Haiku and Origami, I'll toast you tonight.

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur

  

Image credit: Origami Poems Project

“Just take everything and divide it up…” (a quote from “Heart of a Dog” by M. Bulgakov)

There's nothing new under the Sun.  Bulgakov wrote a brilliant, hilarious and poignant, short novel "Heart of a Dog" in 1925.  If you get a chance, read it.  I recommend Mirra Ginsburg's English translation which you can get from  Amazon.  (There's also a great movie “Heart of a Dog” based on the novel.  Again, Amazon has it with English subtitles.)

It's astonishing how true it rings.  Improbable as it may seem, I bet you'll find quite a few similarities between the early 20^th century Russia and today’s America.  Sad that we refuse to learn from history.  

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur