July Rain In Seattle (Haiku) Poem by Denis Mair

July Rain In Seattle (Haiku)



I wake up happy for the plants, they have been giving me so much green

Such fine drizzle it's hanging in air, coming under my umbrella.

Doubly misty view through droplet-lenses beaded on eyeglass lenses

It brings relief the brown grass was waiting for, even in RAIN CITY

Pricks of coolness offer proof, my skin was endowed for subtle pleasures

Doorway spider on beaded web...rubs droplets off right leg with left leg

July Rain In Seattle (Haiku)
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: rain,summer
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
These haiku are written in the form called AMERICAN SENTENCES. They have 17 syllables, but they don't observe the 5-7-5 rule, just one continuous sentence. Allen Ginsberg used to teach this form as an exercise in his writing classes at Naropa Poetry School and Brooklyn College. It is good for honing observation and concise expression. My friend Paul E. Nelson wrote a book titled AMERICAN SENTENCES which was published by Apprentice House Press (2015) . It has won positive comments from many readers and critics. (photo by Heidi Mair)
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mihaela Pirjol 12 December 2019

Thank you for the invitation to read this wonderfully constructed poem. I am very fond of this format of poetry! Thank for the informative notes as well!

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Feipeng Shang 03 January 2018

What a lovely photo, and sounds like you have had a good sleep in Seattle (rather than sleepless)

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Savita Tyagi 10 September 2017

Beautiful expressions. Poetry will be very stagnated if we do not go beyond conventional rules. I too am often guilty if it. Thanks for sharing.

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Bharati Nayak 29 July 2017

Such fine drizzle it comes under the umbrella on my morning walk. Doubly misty view through droplet-lenses beaded on eyeglass lenses It brings relief the brown grass was waiting for, even in RAIN CITY Pricks of coolness offer proof, my skin was endowed for subtle pleasures I wake up happy for the plants, they have been giving me so much green Doorway spider on beaded web rubs droplets off right leg with left leg - - - - - -Very lovely piece of poem.Thank you very much for introducing us with this form of haiku- -AMERICAN SENTENCES.. and also informing about Paul E.Nelson's book.

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