VINCE GOTERA'S "HAY(NA)KU SONNET"!
Vince Gotera, who'd
helped coin the name "hay(na)ku" has invented another variation of
the basic tercet form: the HAY(NA)KU SONNET! This form is
created through four hay(na)ku tercets plus an ending couplet with three
words per line. The closing couplet is actually a hay(na)ku where the one-word
line and the two-word line have been concatenated in order to end up with 14
lines. Vince dates his invention to be 14 April 2012, which is when he posted
the first hay(na)ku sonnet on his blog, The Man With the Blue Guitar:
a hay(na)ku sonnet
Gorge
on Raisinets,
Gummi Bears, Snickers!
Watch
every freaking
show on Netflix.
Corvette.
Fugu sashimi.
Carnival Cruise Lines.
Climb
Sears Tower . . .
BASE jump blindfolded.
Fulfill bucket list.
Then kiss your—
Here are two more
examples of this form which first appeared on his blog; “9/11 +12” also was reprinted in The DailyPalette, University of Iowa, 30 December 2013:
9/11 +12
a hay(na)ku sonnet
Wingless
sparrows fell
from ashen skies.
Ghosts
loomed from
fog of ash.
Twelve years later,
still entangled:
Afghanistan.
Bin Laden dead.
Hourglass sand
slipping
us downslope: ash
inferno downfall empire.
Dragon Solves the Problem:
How Tiger and He Can Love
a hay(na)ku sonnet
Draco,
water emperor,
I can become
anything
liquid. Shapeshifted—
yes—Aqua Tigris,
hefty
like ice
yet soft, silky.
Rainbow
striped, fleshed.
In me, dazzling
Lady Tiger swims.
Lingering, wild nights.
Note: this sonnet is a sequel to the 2012 hay(na)ku poem below, also
published in his blog on 14 April 2013.
Dragon
and Tiger
love each other
like
dawn Sun
and harvest Moon,
Sword
and Flower,
Rain and Flame.
Forever
chasing, never
touching. Each other’s
orbit
clockwork machined
by distant gods.
They
sit in
their glass globe
heavens,
the bridge
between them nothing
but
empty space,
indigo and orange
motes
of dust
floating in between.
Thanks for sharing, Vince!
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