I am happy to share my second haiku, Walk, has been published at Whispers and Echoes Magazine, a delightful online poetic compilation of the small stories that stick with us.
This is yet another haiku on hope, but I feel like many of us need a good dose of hope, or at least a direction in which to look. Continue to find your silver linings.
I have been delighted lately to have several of my shorter pieces accepted for publication, since it symbolizes that I do not need to write a hundred words to say something.
I often read long poems and short poems centered around the same topic. There are times when shorter is better, but I believe good writers tell their story in as many words as they need to.
Perhaps the shorter poem has a more direct approach while the longer piece starts out with a personal story. As long as I enjoyed each piece of writing because the writer told it in their voice and offered a new perspective, neither poem can be compared.
That said, there are times when I must conform to word or syllable counts, as in the case of this haiku, but that limitation offers its own challenge as I dig for stories that need to be told in a simple and direct way. Such as Walk:
Find hope in grey skies . . . please continue reading here and feel free to share your thoughts!
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congratulations! your words are so powerful and moving! great word choice as well👍🏽 thanks for sharing this lovely piece with us, have a great day!
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Wishing you a flowering day as well. 🙂
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Oooh! Congratulations on getting Walk published on Whispers and Echoes Magazine! You’re getting your work published in different channels, which is cool! Keep up the amazing work!
Nancy ♥ exquisitely.me
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Well done – you’re smashing it! ‘Walk’ is so lovely too. Thanks for sharing x
Paige // Paige Eades
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Thanks so much!
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Congrats😊
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You are smashing it with the publications Jaya! It’s so great your wonderful words are being recognised! Such a great piece of writing.
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🙂 Thank you!
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Congratulations on publication!
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Beautiful and congratulations to you, fantastic post as well 😁
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Beautiful! Congratulations sweetheart.
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Love your haikus – well done
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I am a convertee to Kaiku in recent times, so direct and thought provoking! Though I do love a story too! You write with such feeling either way! That works best…
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Congratulations! You write beautifully!
Tash – https://www.agirlwithview.co.uk/
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Yay, congratulations, Jaya! This is lovely – I always think grey skies are symbols of confusion so if we can find a path through them then we’ll find our blue again. At least, that’s what your haiku means to me, but that’s the beauty of poetry, it means different things to all of us! Lisa x
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Oo, I love your interpretation of this piece! Thanks for sharing.
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Congrats!!! So well deserved, your work is so beautiful ❤️
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Thank you for your kind words!
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How awesome! Congratulations!!
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Hope – finding who I am inside – Love this! Congrats!
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Well done again 👍 such an inspiration for the writing community and especially those who like and write micropoetry ❤️🎉
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Thanks so much! I love knowing that I can inspire people.
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Congratulations on being published. I can see why though because they are beautiful words you’ve written.
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Ooh congratulations! ‘Walk’ is really lovely 🙂
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Your words have a powerful effect on my soul. I can’t seem to get enough them.
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Thank you for making me so happy today!
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Congratulations, Jaya!
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Thanks so much!
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