Web Of Dreams - Haiku (5-7-5) Poem by Seema Jayaraman

Having dreams on spinning mind and finding them floating on webs daily is fantastic in this imagery drawn definitely. Wise sharing...10

Well, much can be said about the use of the words “lie” and “lay”. see below! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - verb \ˈlālaid \ˈlād\ lay•ing Definition of LAY transitive verb 1 : to beat or strike down with force 2 a: to put or set down [lay your books on the table] b: to place for rest or sleep; especially: bury 3 : to bring forth and deposit (an egg) 4 : calm, allay [lay the dust] 5 : bet, wager 6 : to press down giving a smooth and even surface 7 a: to dispose or spread over or on a surface [lay track] [lay plaster] b: to set in order or position [lay a table for dinner] [lay brick] *****c: to put (strands) in place and twist to form a rope, hawser, or cable; also: to make by putting strands in place and twisting [lay up rope] 8 a: to impose as a duty, burden, or punishment [lay a tax] b: to put as a burden of reproach [laid the blame on her] c: to advance as an accusation: impute [the disaster was laid to faulty inspection] 9 : to place (something immaterial) on something [lay stress on grammar] 10 : prepare, contrive [a well-laid plan] 11 a: to bring against or into contact with something: apply [laid the watch to his ear] b: to prepare or position for action or operation [lay a fire in the fireplace]; also: to adjust (a gun) to the proper direction and elevation 12 : to bring to a specified condition [lay waste the land] 13 a: assert, allege [lay claim to an estate] b: to submit for examination and judgment [laid her case before the commission] 14 often vulgar: to copulate with intransitive verb 1 : to produce and deposit eggs 2 nonstandard: 1lie 3 : wager, bet 4 dial: plan, prepare 5 a: to apply oneself vigorously [laid to his oars] b: to proceed to a specified place or position on a ship [lay aloft] — lay an egg : to fail or blunder especially embarrassingly — lay eyes on : see, behold — lay into : to attack especially verbally [laid into the referee] — lay on the table 1 : to remove (a parliamentary motion) from consideration indefinitely 2 British: to put (as legislation) on the agenda See lay defined for English-language learners See lay defined for kids Usage Discussion of LAY lay has been used intransitively in the sense of “lie” since the 14th century. The practice was unremarked until around 1770; attempts to correct it have been a fixture of schoolbooks ever since. Generations of teachers and critics have succeeded in taming most literary and learned writing, but intransitive lay persists in familiar speech and is a bit more common in general prose than one might suspect. Much of the problem lies in the confusing similarity of the principal parts of the two words. Another influence may be a folk belief that lie is for people and lay is for things. Some commentators are ready to abandon the distinction, suggesting that lay is on the rise socially. But if it does rise to respectability, it is sure to do so slowly: many people have invested effort in learning to keep lie and lay distinct. Remember that even though many people do use lay for lie, others will judge you unfavorably if you do. Examples of LAY 1. Lay the fabric carefully on the table. 2. He laid a gentle hand on her shoulder. 3. She laid the baby in his crib for a nap. 4. When will they lay the foundation for the addition? 5. lay tracks for the new railroad 6. They laid him in his grave. Ask The Editor Videos - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “if you mean what i think you mean in the first line, the word lie is more proper than lay, though lay does make a nice rhyme with ray! poetic license or common error in using lay, OR? ? :) ” “spinning dreams I lay dawns rude wakening ray unspun web of dreams” *******as used in your poem, the definition of lay # 7 c above COULD be what you had in mind. interesting! ! ! I just stumbled on that possibility! :) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Web Of Dreams - Haiku (5-7-5) - Poem by Seema Jayaraman spinning dreams I lay dawns rude wakening ray unspun web of dreams When I first came on PH several years ago, I was very particular about getting the same number of syllables in each line of many of my poems. A non-PH friend (non-poet friend) suggested that it ‘hurt’ my poems and I agreed, just as I now sometimes feel trying too hard for rhymes can sometimes ‘hurt’ a poem. as stated above with “Haiku (5-7-5) ”, a haiku is meant to have 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the second line. IS THAT CORRECT? I rarely write haikus and now it doesn’t sound correct ….. though there is some “rule” about 5 and 7. I’m too lazy to check it now! ! I usually think of a word like “words” or “arms” [or “dreams” or “dawns”] as having two syllables, not just one; I think of the “s” ending as a separate syllable. something like that anyway. :) so, look at the “s”-ending words in the poem, one in each of the three lines. in line one it seems the poet(ess) is using “dreams” as ONE syllable. in line two “dawns” is used as TWO syllables. in line three “dreams” is used as ONE syllable, again. Am I seeing that correctly? ? ? ? ! If so, the author is using poetic license to decide with which “s”-ending word to give the “s”-part credit for being a separate syllable. what do YOU think? ? :) bri p.s. those darn rays usually DO un-spin my dream webs so well that I don’t recall any dreams at all! !

this is a lovely Haiku thanks