Look! On the hillside! Dappled green beneath the trees - Crisp winter sunshine!
Reason for writing:
My friend, playwright/poet James Shepard, was visiting me in
San Francisco over Christmas. He was considering trying a
few writing excerises to get his chops up and I suggested my
use of writing haiku to focus in on the work. He asked me
how to write one and as we were driving through the Presidio,
he pointed out a stand of trees on a hillside. As I looked
at the scene, the sun broke through and the vision that
stood out for me was the brilliant green grass.
We worked on the haiku off and on the rest of the day, with
me explaining the basic rules (which are hotly debated
amongst english-speaking writers). That night, as I was
falling to sleep, I realised that what had caught my eye was
not the grass, but the light that had been brightly colored
by the grass. We had the moment.
rocky heck
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