bound by gravity
ice sheets of prismatic blue-
glacier underfoot
Author notes
Wallpaper photo credit:
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/N
GS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/Content/matanuska-glacier-1012019-lw.jpg
A contest entry
- ~ Haiku ~ A contest for all Winklings & their Friends #54 by Lyndon.
1000 points, ended March 1, 2008, 14 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think.
Comments
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I love the phrase "prismatic blue". I can tell you've seen glaciers; no who has can forget the eerie color of the ice. Well done!
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Thank you so much for the comments on this one.
They're incredibly beautiful sights, that's for sure.
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I'd love to cruise glacier bay. Everyone who does that says it's amazing. The only one I've seen is Portage Glacier near Anchorage.
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I've never actually been to Alaska, but would love to visit there.
I had to rely on a couple of different glacier photos to write this one. I watched a special on them not too long ago. I just love the sea, so Glacier Bay would be a real treat for me.
Don
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a good piece - cold but warm at the same time, the colour melts as readers throw looks of admiration.
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Thank you!
I'm always inspired by your comments.
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bound by gravity-- awesome and beautiful line for such a picture!!!
I LOVE IT...good take on the prompt xx
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Wonderfully said... a most satisfying and admirable haiku that made me glad I came to visit you, good Poet Sir.
I do especially like the glacier line and how clever that is. 
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Icy
and poetically put. I prefer not to have glacier underfoot.
I do thasnk you for this fine, and brief poem.
Lyndon of the Winklings.
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OOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo!!! UUUUUmmmmmmm!!!! WOW! I'm glad to see this picture and not actually be there.
A fine presentation, truly... haiku worthy of a hug 
and I thank you very much for the wonderful imagery thrill.
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wow
this is a very good haiku!!! i'm jealous now, i wish that i could write haikus this good. i love the way that you used a picture to tell the story. glaciers are beautiful things....they make great haiku subjects. this piece gives me a sense of peace and tranquility, a sudden urge to take a nap (lol)
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Gorgeous!!!! I could not view the picture either but I didn't need to the imagery was just superb!!! My own mind was able to conjure up a picture of lovliness based off your few words...
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Thank you so much, Asdzaa.
My gold membership ran out. I still have to get it renewed to at least silver to get the image back. For the next few months, I won't be on AP much, since my classes are getting really tough, but I'll be back when I can. I hope you had a great Christmas with your family, and will have an even better new year. Don
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Thank you so much, jcat.
My gold membership ran out. I don't even have a silver membership at the moment to get the image back on this poem. It's a gorgeous photo of a glacier. I've got to run, but I will return the favor later on tonight. Don
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I couldn't view the photo..
Lovely imagery..
Beautiful Haiku..
Peace and many blessings
~A~
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Excelllent imagary in this poem Very well done.
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i like you're short pieces. i think writing good haiku's is very difficult, but your pieces read effortlessly, like walking through fresh air. thank you. got any more?
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this is so good...i couldn't write a haiku to save my life...so envious...the pic was a nice touch too
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Thank you so much, Crystal.
Haiku takes so much practice, even though it's written in so few words. The biggest misconception that some have about haiku is that it has to be written in seventeen syllables, which is only true if it's written in Japanese. Japanese syllable counts are so different from other languages, which is why haiku written in foreign languages tend to be written in fewer words and syllables. I didn't learn that lesson until I'd written at least 50 haiku. I really love to write them now, much more than I did before, because I don't have to limit myself to 5-7-5. Some are 3,5,3, or 2,3,2, or whatever. It's all a matter of preference for the haiku poet. Haiku is still haiku, as long as it doesn't go past 5-7-5. I've done so much reading up on haiku over the past few months, so it's the one form that I can write well. I don't know any other forms yet, other than Tanka, but I'm in no hurry. I just write what interests me. Nature, especially the sea, really interests me, more than anything.
I just finished a final, so my head is pounding. I'll be reading up on some of your work, now that I finally have the next few weeks off from school.
Don
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you have such a knack for haiku. love the pic, too!
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You are so kind.
Thank you!! I do love to read and write haiku, that's for sure. I want to start learning some other forms. I was thinking about learning to write a Rondeau first. You and Pamela Lamppa teach me so much about form poetry. Don
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You do give a portrait of beauty with these words! Fantastic haiku to say the least
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Oooo! This is an excellent Haiku. I love how you paint the deeper image of the picture above with such few words!
Well done!
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very nice haiku
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