I smile to share my third and final haiku, Hope, has been published at Whispers and Echoes Magazine!
Whispers and Echoes is a magazine that treasures writing that captures big emotions in few words, so I am honored to have my haiku shared on their website.
Unlike my previous poems, Lost or Found and Walk, Hope is a haiku focusing on the flip side of hope. Traditional haikus are meant to be untitled, but I find that a good title lends more thought to a piece and even gives it a new meaning, so I loved thinking deep on a good title for this haiku.
Short and sweet and to the point are three good guidelines behind a solid title, but I was still challenged when it came to naming this haiku. I knew how I felt about the piece, but not its name.
When it comes to poetry, my favorite titles are names that tell a story on their own, names that create an expectation and present a new angle, or even names that are simple.
So, when it comes to titling my own poems, I do my best to feel the poem and name a direct feeling, an opposite feeling, or a subtle feeling. Titles, I think, are windows into the world of the poem.
I invite you to enjoy Hope:
Once she danced under . . . please continue reading here and feel free to share your beautiful thoughts!
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Congratulations!
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This is a beautiful Haiku although very haunting x
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That’s brilliant, well done you. You are so talented Jaya, love your poems.
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Congratulations! I love the haiku. You did great work
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Thanks so much!
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Many many Congratulations Jaya, for the amazing awards showered on you for your lovely creations! You truely deserve them. Keep up the good work! All the best for your future endeavours !
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Thank you so much for your encouragement!
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Congratulations on getting Hope published! I love your haikus – they really give a lot of visual imagery with the bit of words. Keep it up with the amazing work!
Nancy ✨ exquisitely.me
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Congratulations, Jaya! It is a very deep haiku.
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Thank you! So happy you enjoyed.
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You are welcome. I sure did.
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Congrats, dear! I love your works 😀
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Omg congratulations lovely ! ❤️
I wish you more and more success !
I’ll check out the poem !
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Thanks so much and I hope you enjoy Hope!
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Congratulations, another great piece well worthy of being published 😊
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Thanks so much!
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Oh congratulations again, Jaya, you are on a roll! This haiku is giving me all the fantasy feels – it makes me think of Laini Taylor or Christina Henry’s novels. Absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing this with us! Lisa x
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I love the fantasy feel you took away from this piece; thanks so much for sharing!
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Beautiful Java. Congratulations!
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That got my imagination away! What/who was the nightmare? *shivers*
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I love leaving many of my poems open to interpretation! 🙂
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What a beautiful piece of work – vivid imagery
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🙂 🙏
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👏👏👏👏👏 Ur on a roll dear Jaya
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Congratulations on having your poem published! It is a beautiful poem. Capturing something so deep with such few words is not an easy thing. Well done!
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Thanks so much for your lovely words!
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Congratulations Jaya ❤️… beautiful poem
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Congratulations! I’ve never noticed that they don’t usually have names before but I found the reasoning you gave for coming up with names really interesting. I love a little BTS on the thought process x
Sophie
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Congratulations 🎉 It’s a beautiful haiku ❤️
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Thank you!
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Lovely 💕
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Congratulations 🙂 This is a beautiful haiku, thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for reading!
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Many many congratulations 🎊
Titles in a poem or prose always urges you to read the content.
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Well said!
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Yay!!! Congratulations!
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Congratulations and continued success, Jaya! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Susi!
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You’re welcome, Jaya! 🙂
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Some people write the titles, before they write the poem. Some people write the poem, before they write the title. I happen to be of the former.
I’ll go to read the poem, now. 🙂
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Now I want to try writing a title and then the poem! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
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You are welcome! 😀
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