So, Writing 201 starts with a bang and a “squish”? (checks for water in my shoes) Nope, all good. Back to topic here. Prompt was Water, Form Haiku (or Tanka if you are feeling saucy), and Device of Simile. After a few moments, the below work of poetic verse flowed from my mind, into my hand to be added to my handwritten book. Retyped here for your enjoyment, because seriously, who is going to read my handwriting? Not even my wife can most days.
Watery Mind
My mind like water
Sometimes clear, sometimes murky
Calm or Hurricane
Gentle river flow
Into rapids filled with rocks
Drop over the falls
Ideas cascading down
The blank canvas of my mind
Sorting them all out
Is the great journey of life
We all must travel
Father, Author, Blogger, Publisher 
This is all good. Well written and it flows.
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Thank you Meredith
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Love the description of water! Almost feels like I’m standing next to a river 🙂
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Thanks. 🙂
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I like the way your Tanka reads and looks. This encouraged me to say more (or be saucy too) than a haiku can, next time. I also like the idea that this was handwritten first.
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I have a little notebook i bought specifically for poetry, its about 6×8, spiral bound. Gives just enough room for poetic verse while preventing me from wanting to write longer short story/novel like material in it. I have other notebooks for that.
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That’s a great idea. A smaller note pad would encourage the constraint of writing fewer words. William Carlos Williams, a poet and doctor, used to write his poems on the back of his prescription pads, apparently.
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interesting idea.
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This is excellent!
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Thank you much. 🙂
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I really enjoyed this Andrew, we can all relate to it exactly. Thank you for your clarity:)
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very nice
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