Estonian Haiku for Writer's Cramp |
Estonia My bucket list Visit some day Estonia Is Such a strange name For a country Estonia Cool Midnight summer nights Giant bugs Estonia Just appeals to me For some reason Estonia Nordic cool all around Yet Expensive Thank you Bob'n Around for judging today. We are going to start Poetry Week with a new form - the "Estonian Haiku" Write one Estonian Haiku, or a chain of five Estonian Haiku, and make something out of Nature your topic. So: Line count will be 3, or 15, not more. Estonian Haiku. A relatively new form - adapted from the Japanese Haiku, which is written in Estonia and Finland. The first book with Estonian Haiku was published in 2010, according tot the Dutch Wikipedia page, though the English page mentions a book from Andres Ehrin, published in Ireland in 2005, written in this form. It is a short form, just three lines, with the following syllable count: 4 - 6 - 4 syllables It describes in a laconic way existantial aspects of life, being and nature in Estonia, according to Estonian poet Jürgen Rooste.* An example: nordic walk with an Estonian twist makes you relax *Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_haiku https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estische_haiku Poem: ©2022 Bianca Boonstra |