Tuesday, August 14, 2018

226/365/Poetry and Form

I didn’t realize that in post 224 I had internalized Sabine’s reverse haiku until I tried to Moonlight-in-Vermont it. Here’s my “Writing advice” from 153:



When attempting haikus, it’s good to get John Blackburn’s verses and Karl Suessdorf’s tune to “Moonlight in Vermont” stuck in your head.

Pennies in a stream
Falling leaves, a sycamore
Moonlight in Vermont

Icy finger waves
Ski trails on a mountain side
Snowlight in Vermont

[Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway
And travel each bend in the road
People who meet in this romantic setting
Are so hypnotized by the lovely]

Evening summer breeze
Warbling of a meadowlark
Moonlight in Vermont

[You and I and moonlight in Vermont]
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3 comments:

  1. Kim HanniganAugust 14, 2018 at 5:28 PM

    So this made me put on Ella and Louis...and it's blending beautifully with the katydids outside the window. Thank you for the suggestion. XO

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  2. MaliAugust 14, 2018 at 11:03 PM

    How nice to listen to this again. It's playing now.

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  3. CedarwaxwingAugust 22, 2018 at 6:01 PM

    I am so uncultured. I don't know Moonlight in Vermont

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