poetry Archives - Hunter Valley Writers https://huntervalleywriters.com/tag/poetry/ Spread the word Sun, 21 Jul 2024 08:17:37 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://i0.wp.com/huntervalleywriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-hvw-square.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 poetry Archives - Hunter Valley Writers https://huntervalleywriters.com/tag/poetry/ 32 32 157067554 The Dragon’s Flight https://huntervalleywriters.com/2024/07/21/the-dragons-flight/ Sun, 21 Jul 2024 08:17:37 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=14442 by Lewis Krishnan Sonnet – 1 Swooping through a sun-drenched park, Not having a care in the world, Going back and forth throughout dark, Floating up and down, with their wings curled. Sonnet – 2 Swooping through the shining lake, ...

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]]> 14442 Haiku 俳句 in Lockdown https://huntervalleywriters.com/2021/09/02/haiku-%e4%bf%b3%e5%8f%a5-in-lockdown/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 08:30:37 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=4112 Haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases containing a total of 17 syllables in a 5, 7, 5 pattern and a kigo 季語 (seasonal) reference. Our Zoom kids were ...

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]]> 4112 Enough heart https://huntervalleywriters.com/2020/03/15/ted-hughes/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 05:02:49 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=1810 The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they ...

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]]> 1810 Must I Write? https://huntervalleywriters.com/2019/01/19/why-do-i-write/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 02:54:44 +0000 https://huntervalleywriters.com/?p=140 Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to ...

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