Slice of Life #20 Challenge Day 26/31:
Haiku Process
Elisabeth Ellington of The Dirigible Plum, commented on one of my recent posts, inquiring about my process of how I write Haiku: "Do you think of your haiku as you're walking and write in your head until you can get home and capture it? I'm curious about your process!"
I continue to realize that I'm a creature of habit. Any poem I write, especially a Haiku, is intially composed in my head as I am walking (or working on something). Especially when I walk alone, I always have my phone with me, so I often record the lines of a Haiku in the notes section from my phone.
For example, on my walk this morning I composed this Haiku as a note:
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Yesterday's visit:/
unwanted alone time...I'm/
still navigagting.
One of the first things I like to do when I return from a walk (as soon as coffee is ready, of course) is write. Often I will revise and edit what I composed in a note. For the above Haiku, I haven't done anything to it yet in terms of editing, revising, or even just playing with the words. For me, that's often the best part - arranging and playing with words.
So, there's my process. It's fairly organic and simple, but it works for me.
What's your process in writing?
I often write posts in my phone and use photos to prompt my memory. The Blogger app is crap, but I can at least begin a post in it, too.
ReplyDeleteIn the days during and after my divorce I was very lonely. I didn’t tell anyone at work what was going on. With the virus adding to our sense of isolation, it’s completely understandable that you feel lonely.
I haven’t written much poetry in the past decade so my process is usually haphazard. There’s nothing typical about it so I enjoyed reading about yours. It is
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My process is typically similar to yours: get the words into a note as fast as they come to my head, and then rearrange and edit later.
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This was so interesting to read! Thank you! I never write on my phone. Not sure why not. I will take photos to remind myself what I want to write about. I do write sometimes in my head while driving or walking, and then I will just say the line over and over until I commit it to memory and can get to a notebook! I usually have one handy (a tiny one I carry when I hike; my regular writer's notebook when driving) (We won't delve too deeply into the safety of scribbling notes to myself while driving!) I think the rhythms and pace of walking are so conducive to writing!
ReplyDeleteI am not a phone writer and I'm working real hard to be a notebooker! I can't say that I have a process, but when writing poetry of any kind I write lines then move and change and delete and add more. Nah, wouldn't really call this a process because it is usually a mess! Thank you for sharing yours.
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