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Why I Love to Write Little Poems

Sarah White February 3, 2022 February 3, 2022 Writing and BloggingLeave a comment

This year I set myself two tiny goals for each day: that I would do a plank every day and that I would write little poems. Not exactly haiku, just short little poems, a few words to a few lines, that expressed something about my day or how I was …

Creativity Boost: Writing Short Poetry

Sarah White October 24, 2016 October 24, 2016 Creativity BoostsLeave a comment

When I was in New Mexico, we spent the evening of the autumnal equinox huddled in the zendo, sheltered from a cold rain, talking about and writing haiku. That may be the most pompous sentence I’ve ever written. Still. Traditionally in America we think of haiku as being three-lined poems, …