Written in the Cyber-Sands

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Driving across Nebraska, one has plenty of time to meditate about all

sorts of things, including the nature of enlightenment (no, the

concept of enlightenment is much broader than the length of

Interstate 80 will allow...)

At any rate, I thought of something fun we might try together.

During feudal Japan, a popular pastime among friends or fellow

travelers at tea houses was a competition of linked verse. A theme

was picked and contestants would have to use that word in their entry

(sometimes one had to make a reference to a classic work also, but we

won't do that).

My idea is have a friendly round of linked verse among MySpace

friends and fellow travelers.

When I told my friend Liane (RaK) about the idea, she started

laughing and said she had just had the same idea of a collaborative

MySpace project in the form of a continuing story to be called:

" Written in the Cyber-Sands " .

We decided to do this project together.

We will feature the haiku we like best in an upcoming video and list

your name as the author along with your URL.

The rules are these:

1) The form must be a Haiku. Haiku is a poetic form and a type of

poetry from the Japanese culture. Haiku combines form, content, and

language in a meaningful, yet compact form. Haiku poets, which you

will soon be, write about everyday things. Many themes include

nature, feelings, or experiences. Usually they use simple words and

grammar. The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. The

first line usually contains five syllables, the second line seven

syllables, and the third line contains five syllables. Haiku doesn't

rhyme. A Haiku must " paint " a mental image in the reader's mind. This

is the challenge of Haiku - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in

the reader's mind in only seventeen syllables over just three lines

of poetry. Basho expressed it best when he said that: (paraphrasing)

Haiku contains the " essence " of something within a single breath.

2) The concept/word Enlightenment must appear.

3) After your Haiku, you must add your name and MySpace link.

4) Go to the Blog section of my MySpace site under this header and

post your entry as a Comments. (Since RaK has zillions more Friends

than I do, make sure you post your entry in MY Blog. She will have a

similar blog on her page.)

I will start...

Sunlight on water

Enlightenment comes to me

I live the moment

Metta,

Chris

http://www.myspace.com/cbaldwinbuck

[Guest guest]

Hellooo

I guess you did not see that I had posted it...

LOL

You are very sleepy, I guess....

>> Driving across Nebraska, one has plenty of time to meditate about all > sorts of things, including the nature of enlightenment (no, the > concept of enlightenment is much broader than the length of > Interstate 80 will allow...)> > At any rate, I thought of something fun we might try together.> > During feudal Japan, a popular pastime among friends or fellow > travelers at tea houses was a competition of linked verse. A theme > was picked and contestants would have to use that word in their entry > (sometimes one had to make a reference to a classic work also, but we > won't do that). > > My idea is have a friendly round of linked verse among MySpace > friends and fellow travelers.> > When I told my friend Liane (RaK) about the idea, she started > laughing and said she had just had the same idea of a collaborative > MySpace project in the form of a continuing story to be called:> > "Written in the Cyber-Sands".> > We decided to do this project together.> > We will feature the haiku we like best in an upcoming video and list > your name as the author along with your URL.> > The rules are these:> > 1) The form must be a Haiku. Haiku is a poetic form and a type of > poetry from the Japanese culture. Haiku combines form, content, and > language in a meaningful, yet compact form. Haiku poets, which you > will soon be, write about everyday things. Many themes include > nature, feelings, or experiences. Usually they use simple words and > grammar. The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. The > first line usually contains five syllables, the second line seven > syllables, and the third line contains five syllables. Haiku doesn't > rhyme. A Haiku must "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind. This > is the challenge of Haiku - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in > the reader's mind in only seventeen syllables over just three lines > of poetry. Basho expressed it best when he said that: (paraphrasing)> > Haiku contains the "essence" of something within a single breath.> > 2) The concept/word Enlightenment must appear. > > 3) After your Haiku, you must add your name and MySpace link.> > 4) Go to the Blog section of my MySpace site under this header and > post your entry as a Comments. (Since RaK has zillions more Friends > than I do, make sure you post your entry in MY Blog. She will have a > similar blog on her page.) > > I will start...> > Sunlight on water> Enlightenment comes to me> I live the moment> > Metta,> Chris> http://www.myspace.com/cbaldwinbuck>