Rebirth

To celebrate 1.1.11 The Edinburgh Hogmanay Festival opened up a competition to celebrate Edinburgh's deep literature and Art and heritage. All the great ones i.e poets and writers in my opinion stem from Scotland. Any way the competition was to copy a poetic art form called Haiku which actually has it's roots in Japan if Im not mistaken. The principal is you write 3 lines of poetry. based on nature in a 5,7,5 format, that is 5 syllables on 1st line 7 syllables on the next line and 5 again on the last. Other formats do vary but the Edinburgh team wanted the 5,7,5 format. They wanted a theme on a new year, resolutions, hope that sort of thing and of course keeping to the nature rule. Thought Id enter for he crack...prize inclueded tickets to the celebrations in Edinburgh and £111.11!!!! didn't win but I love my little ditty!!


Little Robin sings
Snowdrops blossom from the earth
New life brings beauty


This was the winning entry and I bow to it's cleverness!


The cat jouks in
just as you throw wide your door,
moon for a first foot.