Hello, beautiful readers! I hope you are all well. I spent the weekend surrounded by different friend groups, celebrating life and companionship. And then I enjoyed a great Super Bowl game and halftime show. It was wonderful watching the Hispanic culture, my heritage, be celebrated in such a beautiful way.
My mother is receiving excellent home health care. A nurse visits twice a day, and she has access to an online medical team at all hours. There is very little improvement, but healing takes time.
Today, I chose to participate in Wea've Written Weekly's prompt. Shaun invites us to write an erasure poem. I chose to use my favorite poem, Two Roads in a Yellow Wood by Robert Frost to create my poem. I have always loved this poem, and I'm happy with the new meaning I've created with my erasure poem.
Here is the original poem:
(image taken from Poetry Foundation)
Here is my erasure:
And finally, here is my new poem, a haiku:
in a yellow wood
one traveler leads with a sigh
a wood and I - one
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A great haiku Yvette! 👏 A haiku is a good aim for erasure poetry as it makes you focus very specifically an the few words that you need and have available.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Shaun! I enjoyed making this one. Thanks for the prompt! :-)
DeleteGreat idea to do a haiku! 👏 Brava, Yvette!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lesley! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteThat works beautifully.
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DeleteEnjoyed this
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DeleteIt's Violet, Yvette. I'm on my phone. I loved what you did here☺️
ReplyDeleteThank you, Violet! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteBravo! A lovely haiku/senryu!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Val! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteI love what you created from Robert Frost's words.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Heather! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
DeleteGreat take, Yvette. What a beautiful haiku you extracted from a long poem.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Indira! I appreciate your visit. :-)
DeleteYvette, “one traveler leads with a sigh” really gets me — it feels so quietly human. I love how much you hold in just a few words.
ReplyDeleteMuch love,
David
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Aw, thank you, David! I appreciate your kind words. :-)
DeleteHi, Yvette❣️
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Enjoy!
Much love,
David
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Thank you, David! :-)
DeleteHi Yvette, I like this poem by Robert Frost, too. It's so simple and yet, so deep. I have thought of it often at different stages in life. I love what you did with the erasure and how you created a meaningful haiku.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Smitha! It's easy to connect with this poem. I'm happy you enjoy it as well. Thanks for sharing! :-)
DeleteThis turned out great!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kaci! I appreciate you stopping by. :-)
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