I saw a quote recently that didn’t sound quite right to me so I decided to change one word and make it work for what I was thinking. Although, both quotes work depending on who needs what when.
“Girls grow differently when they are treated right and loved properly.+
The easiest lie to believe is one told by an honest man.
“Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.” Loretta Young
I found this to be an interesting quote. At first I saw it from one side as an unselfish act, but then I began to wonder. What if your focus on their happiness deprives them of something? What if they want to make you happy? Now you are happy because you make them happy, but they are the ones that want to give you happiness. How difficult is it to have someone understand that their enjoyment of whatever it is that you are doing makes you happy and that’s it?
I have that dilemma. You see, I am a happiness giver. I think it’s partially because I don’t know how to accept the giving of happiness. Seeing someone happy because of something I do makes me happy. So am I making myself happy or are they by enjoying it making me happy?
Who is the happiness giver?
You see, my problem is I think too much. However, I see thinking too much better than not thinking enough. Eventually I figure it out. I realize that regardless of who is doing what that as long as both people end up happy, that’s what’s important. Sometimes, my accepting happiness makes the other person happy, and that is what love is. Even though I may not quite understand the receiving of it, I know it makes the other person happy, so I go along with it and enjoy the fact they are happy, thus I’m giving them joy.
How’s your head so far? I’ve had to unclench my jaw three time so far making my way through this one.
If you are going through the same situation, just relax and take happiness as it comes. It’s not a turn taker either. Just do it.
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“To write great you must read greater.” Ronovan Hester
To write greater, read these:
Dancing to an Irish Reel by Claire Fullerton
The Judas Apocalypse by Dan McNeil
Sex & Samosas by Jasmine Aziz
“If there is magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another. The formula seems to lie solely in the aching urge of the writer to convey something he feels important to the reader. If the writer has that urge, he may sometimes, but no means always, find the way to do it. You must perceive the excellence that makes a good story good or the errors that makes a bad story. For a bad story is only an ineffective story.” John Steinbeck
Yes, this is true.
Sometimes you don’t want to go on, go forward. Pain can be an all consuming beast. It can control you. And it will at times. The important part is to know all of that and not get discouraged, and if you’re very lucky, you have that anesthetic with you that helps take the edge off things when the going gets tough.
Part of the #BeWoW movement hosted by me.
And part of the Writer’s Quote Wednesday, normally hosted by Colleen of SilverThreading.com, but I’m covering over on her blog for today.
Ronovan Hester is an author, with his debut historical adventure novel Amber Wake: Gabriel Falling due out in December of 2015. He shares his life as an amnesiac and Chronic Pain sufferer through his blog RonovanWrites.WordPress.com. His love of poetry, authors and community through his online world has lead to a growing Weekly Haiku Challenge and the creation of a site dedicated to book reviews, interviews and author resources known as LitWorldInterviews.com.
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A short message today, for obvious reasons to the usual suspect of reader friends.
Doing without is an experience we all say we wouldn’t wish on anyone. I was thinking about doing without my laptop, not in a drastic or tragic sort of way, but with how my mind works it rambled to other places.
Going hungry, sleeping in a car, going without the love of a parent. Sometimes those experiences allow you to understand others better. Those moments in your life humble you and ground you. No, I don’t wish anyone to go through those moments either.
But for those who have?
Embrace whatever the experience, no matter how difficult and use it to help others, even if that help is simply doing the hardest thing there is…being a friend.
“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”~Bernard Meltzer
Much Love & Respect
Ronovan
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Very wise.
“Why not dream big? One way to cast your anchor into the future while improving your mood for the moment is to plan something exciting, something positive, something that makes you smile. Maybe it’s a vacation, maybe it’s a night out with someone special or maybe it’s just some much-needed “me” time/ Make a plan, set a date–and then bask in the anticipation.”
“If ever there is a time to push forward with your dreams in this world, it’s when you find the world is pushing back.”-Ronovan
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“Forgiveness is that moment in your life when you stop beating yourself up for your past and start lifting yourself up for your future.”-Ronovan
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There are various Japanese Forms of poetry based on syllable structure (see Haiku, Tanka, and Haibun. It’s all poetry to me. Learn the difference.), much like many nations and cultures of the world (see How to Write an Espinela or Décima Poem). The Japanese Haiku poem is probably the most challenging due to its low syllable constraints. (5/7/5 or 3/5/3 or 2/3/2) If you really want to be challenged, try a 1/2/1. I don’t think this is really a Haiku form, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was. Examples further down the page.
This post discusses How to write a Haiku Poem in English Form. Haiku purists in the Japanese style attempt to write a Haiku that can be read in one breath. This means it’s minimal in word choice while vivid with imagery and short at the same time. The more you write, the easier it becomes to exclude words such as the, is, and there, etc. from your thoughts while thinking of your poems and count syllables in your head in the middle of a drive to work or store. I find myself tapping with my fingers counting syllables in the strangest locations.
Six things to remember about Traditional Haiku form:
Notice the word normally. You can have the poem be about aspects of the same thing, but normally you look at it from two different ways.
Artistic and traditional elements include kigo or words that are related to seasons: (Learn more about kigo here, a different website. The following through Kigo List T-Z are from the same site.)
Kigo list A-J
Kigo List K-S
Kigo List T-Z
Noted on the site that not all words are Kigo. “Some are haiku TOPICS (keywords) to be used during the whole year.” There are several helpful links in the site’s sidebar.
You use these elements:
Remember you can use 3/5/3 or 2/3/2 syllable structures as well as many others, but the three below are plenty to start with.
Three examples of the same haiku using the different syllable structures.
5/7/5 Example
The tree is falling,
Down among the river rocks,
Fish bring forth new life.
Lines one and two read as: The tree is falling down among the river rocks.
Lines two and three read as: Down among the river rocks, fish bring forth new life.
3/5/3 Example
tree falling
among river rocks
fish new life
2/3/2 Example
tree falls
mid stream’s rock
new life
1/2/1 Example
tree
feeds water
life
Strangely enough, I like the 2/3/2 version the best and this is the first time I’ve tried one. This is an update on September 12, 2020. The original post is from July 02, 2014. As you can see, over six years and my first try.
Opposites are not a MUST, but are the true way of Haiku and add to the challenge. And you don’t want to reveal to much in the haiku so the reader is able to make an interpretation. Do not let that prevent you from writing. The more you write the closer you get to achieving true Haiku.
As Matsuo Bashō put it,
“The haiku that reveals seventy to
eighty percent of its subject is good.
Those that reveal fifty to sixty percent,
we never tire of.”
My original Haiku reveals 100%.
The tree is falling,
Down among the river rocks,
Fish bring forth new life.
Can I take the Haiku and make it fifty to sixty percent?
Life splinters apart,
Down among slippery mounds,
Life brings forth new life.
In this new version, the same thing is said but also leaves some interpretation to the reader, which in a way I like to do for the reader. Give the reader something they can connect within their own way. It is easy to slip away from writing haiku this way as you begin to play around with different themes.
That is the basic way I usually like to write Haiku but often veer off into another message. It is fun, challenging, and an artform. I am not saying I am an artist, but I do believe those who can do it well, are. I am still a finger painter in this world, but I enjoy staining my skin in the ink.
To get to the point where you can consistently write like a true Haiku artist it could take years, but writing is the purpose and eventually, you get there, if that’s where you want to go. Otherwise, enjoy the way you want to write and the message you wish.
Below should be all you need to help with Haiku: Sure there are plenty of sites you’ll discover, some thatt even write the haiku for you, but why?
For other types of Haiku click and read-Haiku, Tanka, and Haibun. It’s all poetry to me. Learn the difference.
To learn Freku, which I came up with, click and read – NEW FORM of Haiku & Poetry.
To learn the Shi Rensa or Four Chain haiku, click and read – Four Chain | Shi Rensa Haiku.
For examples of my own Haiku offerings click here and you will leave this page.
For a list of the weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenges and the current challenge post I host, click here and you will leave this page.
Much Respect
Ronovan
Originally posted July 02, 2014.
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