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TTQ – When did you decide to start writing poetry… Who were some of your early influences or mentors…
Anna Yin – Life is full of surprises. I never knew I could fall in love with poetry
write a haiku every day
Haiku are very brief “one-breath” poems, originally from Japan, usually about 10 to 14 syllables in English, can be read in one breath with primarily objective sensory imagery, season words, and a two-part juxtapositional structure that implied feeling…
the huge white Apple ———————– my mother’s favorite
black frames ———————– china
a blue sky ————————————- on the kitchen floor
A haiku a day (So far, I’ve kept one or two haiku every day….)
Here is an very good interview Everyday Delight:Michael Dylan Welch talks about Haiku. Another good one How do you write haiku? and more: Reading Jane Reichhold’s