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Hi! Happy Haibun Monday to you all. I hope you all have your heartsready to pen a romantic haibun. I think we all have romance in common: a first romance, unrequited, summer love, lost love, forever love…
You can write this easily. Remember, a haibun is not a work of fiction, it is true. So please share with us a romantic episode or time of your life. We’ve seen Dirty Dancing, Casablanca, Titanic, When Harry Met Sally, Say Anything (can we ever forget John Cusack standing with that boom box up in the air blaring out, In Your Eyes?) The Notebook. The list goes on and on.
Our romances are like a movie or the most mundane ordinary thing in the world. I want you to please think and pull out your best romantic (or funniest or saddest) haibun ever. Please give me one or two tight paragraphs with a true classic haiku at the end – nature based with a cutting or pivot in the second line. The count will be 5-7-5 but some do write short-long-short.
To join in: • Edit/write your poem and post it on your blog.
• Copy and paste the URL of your post into Mr. Linky at the bottom of this page and add your name.
• Come into the bar, order up some fine poetry, and read the work of your fellow patrons. Please be sure to join in the spirit of dVerse with your comments, especially for those who have made the effort to read and comment on your work.
• Add a link to dVerse in your post and social media, inviting others to join us.
• Enjoy the creative process and one another.
Have fun!
About Kanzensakura (Toni, Hayesspencer) Working to constantly improve my craft. One day, I WILL write the perfect haiku – smiles.
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Hello! Welcome. the Pub is now open and ready to hear all the lovely wonderful tales of romance you all will share.
Thank you Toni for this lovely prompt – love, love, and love…..
Looking forward to reading your love stories! Happy Monday!!!
Instead of Christmas in July, we have Valentine’s Day in August!
I know right 🙂
A sweet prompt, Toni. I’m a sucker for love poems in all their ministrations!
Behind my crusty exterior, so am I.
Thank you Grace for linking me up!
Welcome Toni!
We have a special here at the bar today – a Lover’s Cup. We mix chocolate syrup and cream with a bit of mint syrup, shake and garnish with a raspberry. Drink up!
I will have a cup please with some heart-shaped chocolates. Or some velvet cake. Thanks for tending the bar Toni ~
Cookies in a glass. 😀
As a special treat in honor of the Olympics in Brazil, we have a platter of Brigadieros – their version of a truffle but gooey and fudgy – like rich brownie batter. Eat up!
I am on diet, but I will try this. 🙂
They are special and have NO calories…smiles
And of course there is always a huge pitcher of icy fresh lemonade in honor of summer.
Helloooooo! I am not happy to be back in the desert, but I am happy to be back among all you poetic friends. Toni, I love this prompt, and loved the trip down a sandy, salty memory lane it took me, back to our 10th anniversary. ❤
Making my poetical rounds now. 🙂 Pour me something fabulous, and salty.
And I so enjoyed taking that gorgeous trip with you. How’s about a lime daiquiri-rita made with golden tequila and agave. A hybrid between a margarita and a daiquiri with the best parts of both. Welcome back to the pub!
My haibun has a bit of a different twist to it but, if possible, I have a more up-beat one to share. If not for this prompt, for OLN. Afternoon appointments will keep me out of the pub till later but would love a nice tall lemonade to go, s’il vous plait!
A nice tall take-along lemonade for you. I loved this story of Chester and Vi. such love.
That one made me cry, and gladly. Kind of restores my faith in human relationships.
Thank you Toni and Crystal.
It has been a true pleasure reading all the different takes on the prompt, so far. What a lovely way to pass the time.
All is quiet here at the Pub.. I am going to go and take care of such mundanities as dinner and a load of laundry. I’ll see you all later when I return to read and comment! While I am away, have fun.
I hope it’s OK that I went with 3 paragraphs since 2 of them are really short…
It is just fine. 🙂
Yours was the first one I read, Bryan. It showed up in my email and I was drawn to the title. Great work! 🙂
I am looking forward to some wonderful reading.
Good morning everybody! (Well, it is morning – and winter – here.) I found my mind turning not so much to a little romance as my greatest love; one I fully expect I share with other poets! Perhaps that breaks the rules a little, but to make up I did a 5-7-5 (instead of my usual short-long-short) just to please you, Toni. 🙂 Heading out now; back to read later. xx
the short-long-short would have been fine! Good morning to you! I do like this point of view. It is truly a wonderful love story.
Rosemary, I really loved yours!
I wasn’t going to do this one. The inadequacy of my haibun writing and seeming inability to dance with romance made this one a “No thanks, let’s keep going…” But I so enjoyed the responses, and they helped me come up with one. Thank you, Toni and fellow poets, you are awesome!
A fun theme, Toni…my husband and I had a date night tonight! My haibun is a conglomerate of romantic moments at home (or camping)…I like the phrase “sweet potato pie” but have never made it 🙂 Now chocolate is always a sweet treat, whether solid or liquid!
I’ve arrived late this week as I had choir again last night and was a bit taken aback by the prompt. I don’t feel comfortable writing romantic prose, although I can just about manage a romantic haiku or tanka, so I was tempted to read what the rest of you have posted first! I was tempted to wait until I have been on my birthday treat on Thursday and Friday but that might be too late by the time we get back. Luckily, there is a photo prompt that I might use over on Mindlovemiserie’s Menagerie. This could take a while…
I’ve decided not to use the photo prompt. I have a better photo to match my haibun!
Hi Kim. No photo prompt for the haibun, just romance.
Apologies if I haven’t comments on your post but I have to go out all day and rushed through as many as I could.
You can access them at any time so not to worry!
I’ll read and comment tonight. 🙂
They’ll be up all week so whenever you can is find. Not to worry. I’m catching up myself.
I took a pass on this prompt since the last few weeks have me feeling everything but romantic. But I did read a few lovely romantic prose to give me a spark to do some writing.
Good. You are not obligated to do every prompt. They are optional. Do what you enjoy!
Hi, the prelude to our romantic future, but very important to us .<3
Hi Tony…very late to the haibun party but I didn’t want to miss out. I will be back to read soon. Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
You too!