A new take on the haiku

Our prompt today seems quick and easy, but I think it may just fox me yet! We are to write a hay(na)ku; a variant on the haiku, created by poet Eileen Tobios and named by Vince Gotera, a long-time Na/GloPoWriMo participant.

A hay(na)ku consists of a three-line stanza. The first line has one word, the second has two, and the third line – you guessed it – has three words.

We may write just one hay(na)ku, or link several together to create a longer poem. I have always believed that less is more, so I will try my best to write a single powerful hay(na)ku as the original haiku was intended to be written.

I'll take inspiration from my present circumstances...

Silence

all around

except one cricket

Andrea Vermaak © 2020

Silence

When I sat down to write a poem tonight, I wondered what I should write about. When I stopped to think, all I could hear was...nothing; or so I thought. I still hear 'nothing' now except clicking sounds as my fingers run over the keyboard of my laptop...

Silence

Is there really silence in silence?

My thoughts are too loud

And there's always an electric hum,

Or the ever-present sound of traffic

If silence is silent

Why do I hear myself breathing,

And my heart beating,

Or my fingers tapping on the keyboard?

Could silence ever truly be silent?

Perhaps; if one could find true peace.

Andrea Vermaak