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7 haikus I wrote as a pre teen · Asian Adjacent

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  Speaker 1: So I am going through my papers, books, pictures, bins, bags,
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  Speaker 1: all kind of stuff I have in this extra bedroom
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  Speaker 1: that I have that I'm trying to clear out and
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  Speaker 1: turn into a working room, working a storage room, half
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  Speaker 1: walking closet, vanity area, whatever. So I'm going through stuff
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  Speaker 1: and I'm finding things. Well, I found from from the
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  Speaker 1: eighties when I was in my junior high school years.
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  Speaker 1: I was in junior high schools K th eighth, So
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  Speaker 1: just in that roundtime, you're we're learning poetry. I'm a
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  Speaker 1: poet now, and I have a couple of books out
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  Speaker 1: and songs are you know spoken word ask sets of music?
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  Speaker 1: These are I had to write haikus. Do you guys
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  Speaker 1: remember haikus? You know? And I and I found this
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  Speaker 1: paper that I wrote of seven haikus, so I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to read them for you. These are just these are simple.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess I should say firstly, for those who
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  Speaker 1: don't know what a haiku is. You may have heard
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  Speaker 1: of it, don't know what it is. Haiku is a
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  Speaker 1: very short form poetry. It comes from Japan. It usually
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  Speaker 1: captures like a moment of feeling or an image, usually
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  Speaker 1: from nature, which I love. All that stuff and a
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  Speaker 1: classic haiku has three lines with a syllable pattern of
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  Speaker 1: the first line has five syllables, The second line has
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  Speaker 1: seven syllables. The third line has five syllables. It's very clear, concise,
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  Speaker 1: and kind of musical the way that it's it's told.
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  Speaker 1: It's meant to create a feeling, not a full story,
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  Speaker 1: where some poetry, full poetry can do that can give
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  Speaker 1: you a full story. It's like a snapshot in words basically.
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  Speaker 1: So you have to remember I was I was a
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  Speaker 1: preteen when I wrote these. Okay, first one, this is
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  Speaker 1: kind of this is so crazy. I started this show
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  Speaker 1: for a reason. Okay, here we go. Coy ripple, the pond,
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  Speaker 1: circles widened and fade out. Time moves just the same.
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  Speaker 1: Second one, temple doors creak wide, Incense curls in silent prayer,
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  Speaker 1: Morning finds its breath. Okay, but three snow crowns, distant peaks,
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  Speaker 1: footsteps vanish on the path, Quiet holds the world. You
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  Speaker 1: see the syllables as I'm saying, you know, this is like.
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  Speaker 1: The second one has more syllables. The fourth one, paper
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  Speaker 1: fan unfolds, summer heat meets gentle grace, Air becomes a song. Okay, gosh,
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  Speaker 1: I like that one. Okay, little young James, here's number seven,
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  Speaker 1: No number eight, cherry, What am I doing? This is
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  Speaker 1: number five? Sorry? I'm like, I'm like, what am I doing?
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  Speaker 1: Number five? Here we go cherry blossoms fall, soft whispers
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  Speaker 1: and springtime breeze petals kiss the ground. Oh. I like
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  Speaker 1: that one, okay, James, alrighty, very Asian theme. Lanterns, gentle glow,
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  Speaker 1: night hums with distant temple bells, moon watches in peace.
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  Speaker 1: Oh I like that one. And my last one. Bamboo
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  Speaker 1: bends softly, wind carries an old wisdom, stillness speaks aloud.
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  Speaker 1: Oh I like these, okay, James I Jr. Didn't know
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  Speaker 1: I wrote those. I got an A plus on the paper,
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  Speaker 1: so thank you. Miss uh Let's who is this? Miss
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  Speaker 1: Arnipoul No, Ms Munson ah my favorite teachers, so that's
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  Speaker 1: very nice. I like that. We'll try to write some
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  Speaker 1: haikus today, and if I do, I'll read them on here.
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  Speaker 1: This is Asian adjacent A podcasts, and I will talk
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  Speaker 1: to you next time.