{"id":534,"date":"2013-07-06T00:12:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T23:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/?p=534"},"modified":"2013-07-06T00:12:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T23:12:39","slug":"haiku-style-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/haiku-style-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiku-style Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haiku-style Poems<\/p>\n<p>Haiku is a traditional Japanese verse form often conveying wisdom or an allegorical story within a short length.<\/p>\n<p>Travelling<\/p>\n<p>When you go travelling<br \/>\nOn the rolling Welsh landscape<br \/>\nTake your umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing<\/p>\n<p>Drawing is easy<br \/>\nForms appear from the paper<br \/>\nWhen pencil is sharp.<\/p>\n<p>Navigation<\/p>\n<p>Lost in the mountains<br \/>\nOn narrow lanes in the dark<br \/>\nA map is useful.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting<\/p>\n<p>Visit friends often<br \/>\nGood to value true friendship<br \/>\nFirst check they are home.<\/p>\n<p>Commitments<\/p>\n<p>Plan your commitments<br \/>\nUse diaries and memos<br \/>\nAnd sometimes read them.<\/p>\n<p>Driving<\/p>\n<p>Driving in Summer<br \/>\nA pleasant ride into town<br \/>\nNext time check fuel gauge.<\/p>\n<p>Acquaintance<\/p>\n<p>Man waves passing by,<br \/>\nAutumn leaves fading with time<br \/>\nUnsure who he is.<\/p>\n<p>Gift<\/p>\n<p>Birthday party gift<br \/>\nLovingly wrapped in paper &#8211;<br \/>\nAlready got one.<\/p>\n<p>Debate<\/p>\n<p>Debate over coffee<br \/>\nOn national policies<br \/>\nEar-muffs are needed.<\/p>\n<p>Writing Haiku<\/p>\n<p>To write haiku verse<br \/>\nEye and brain focus deeper<br \/>\nJust run out of words.<\/p>\n<p>TV Watching<\/p>\n<p>TV bellows ads<br \/>\nSoaps and drama entrances<br \/>\nFeel quite like a sponge.<\/p>\n<p>Fiction<\/p>\n<p>Read a fiction book<br \/>\nSuspended reality<br \/>\nWhat was the purpose?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haiku-style Poems Haiku is a traditional Japanese verse form often conveying wisdom or an allegorical story within a short length. Travelling When you go travelling On the rolling Welsh landscape Take your umbrella. Drawing Drawing is easy Forms appear from the paper When pencil is sharp. Navigation Lost in the mountains On narrow lanes in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draigweb.co.uk\/draigweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}