Extra Special Bitterrumors of peace
what I learned
from the dune grass
NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi
Mark@extraspecialbitter @NaraMoore
rumors of peace
what I learned
from the dune grass
When seas turn angry, sand dunes
have always brokered peace
Wind whispers
Of hidden things
Buried in the sand
Our footprints on beach sand
only touch the Milky Way
tranquil sunrise walk
a lone angler casts seaward
sanderlings take flight
Peregine watching
The cycle's apex
@MarkBrigham @extraspecialbitter
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sparrowhawk
we agree
to disagree
Crows on the flying
Argue unrelenting
@extraspecialbitter @MarkBrigham
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red-shouldered hawk
a cold and lonely vigil
above the river
Steven D. Brewer 🏳️⚧️@NaraMoore @stevendbrewer @MarkBrigham
willow catkins
I resist the urge
to pet them
(perhaps a tad too silly)
@NaraMoore @extraspecialbitter @stevendbrewer
I fiddled with your verses this morning, and added some of my own. I’m sure I broke some rules.
See pics
@stevendbrewer @NaraMoore @extraspecialbitter
Meta-communication on this:
I’m aware that this is a hybrid of collaboration and appropriation. You tooted your verses in a thread, somewhat collaboratively, not knowing that they might be appropriated for something out of your control. Guilty.
(1/2)
@extraspecialbitter @stevendbrewer @NaraMoore
I’m also aware that grey squirrels making love might not be apical Japanese poetry, & I actually had a different line composed, but then…
A pair of Grey squirrels made love in my tree as I fiddled with these verses. So I included them.
Grey squirrels, tree, a river, otters, Red-shouldered Hawks screeching—everything one might expect in my back yard this time of year.
And so it goes. (2/2)
@NaraMoore @extraspecialbitter @stevendbrewer
This touches on a thematic aspect…
If we did a modestly scaled, collaborative linked verse, it might be good to start in more of a plein air mode. I.e., emphasize the here and now of a scene, rather than progression or inference.
For starters.
Perhaps evolve or advance to more sophisticated constructs… (3/2)
@MarkBrigham @extraspecialbitter @NaraMoore People have been writing haiku for hundreds and hundreds of years. I'm certain people have written haiku about squirrels mating many, many times. They're supposed to be about nature, after all.
@MarkBrigham @NaraMoore @extraspecialbitter For myself, I welcome your honest, genune engagement. Yoroshiku onigaeshimasu!
@stevendbrewer @MarkBrigham @extraspecialbitter
We all worry too much about how others perceive us and what we contribute. Including me. Except a few narcissists.
Squirrels' mating seems no more inappropriate than drunken flirting and or sex on the beach.
And if anyone is worried about being proper lable it Kyōka: (狂歌, "wild" or "mad poetry")
@NaraMoore @MarkBrigham @extraspecialbitter If we're talking about possibly inappropriate topics for haiku, here is page 18 from my book "senokulvitre": https://www.amazon.com/dp/1491276940
@stevendbrewer @NaraMoore @MarkBrigham
https://youtu.be/3AfigM7ABfc?si=vtd4dMhaDP3YI7tJ
I suppose a musical segue is a different kind of link.
Bright As Yellow
@NaraMoore @stevendbrewer @extraspecialbitter
Hello new pocket friends and poets,
extra special bitter posted a haiku prompt this morning, and I replied, and we did a 2-person rengay throughout the day.
Thought Nara and Steven would be interested to see where this conversation led.
Check my feed, or #rengay
@MarkBrigham @stevendbrewer @NaraMoore
I was going to commend you for gathering our somewhat scattered posts and arranging them. IMHO it isn't appropriation, but rather the curation of our collaborative output.
@extraspecialbitter @NaraMoore @stevendbrewer
Thanks all three of you for your comments. I was hoping it would be received in a collaborative spirit. Curating & assembling, rather than stealing. Peace