Tuesday, January 3, 2012

A haiku: Pohutakawa

Royalty,
Walking red carpets,
Summer Wellington streets.



Author's note: A haiku is a Japanese style of poem. They usually have three lines with 10-17 syllables. It's supposed to be a show not tell style of writing, after all, there's not much you CAN tell in 17 syllables. I think every Wellingtonian will know this image, without much telling.

1 comment:

  1. Special Agent Ex-WellingtonianApril 1, 2012 at 11:52 PM

    Finally catching up on your blog - and I'm shocked, because I realised that there are so many posts I haven't read because they didn't show up in my reader so I thought you hadn't written anything at all! :( Silly reader!
    Anyways, I know the image and although the haiku has so little words, it is actually able to transport a message and create an image in your reader's mind. Awesome!

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