Micro-poetry
As an observer and poet, I regularly share the small things I notice as small poems. Many of them follow the Japanese ‘haiku’ structure, which is typically seventeen syllables in three lines of five, seven, and five.
In 2018, my first compilation of haiku poetry was published on Amazon: Iris Takes a Dip.
In 2016, I published a Post-It Poem every day for a year.
Here are a few of my favourites. (The first haiku was published in the British Haiku Society 2016 anthology):
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sun low a friend plays a rustling tune |
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space reconfigures a stone floor echoes and waits walls hold their secrets |
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rectangle of love an old man fills his pipe, smiles empty basket waits |
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glorious playback mirroring lagoon like depths strangers stand in awe |
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hosta la vista slugs in the receiving line a banquet awaits |
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a cool breeze rustles shades dance to the tune of light sand crystals glisten |
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real mimics surreal what might salvador still see what is it you see? |
Chris Southam, ChillOut.uk 