[pct-l] haiku

[alpineflowers at earthlink.net (alpineflowers@earthlink.net)]

There ya go, Ajax! It's so natural that hikers would observe many short 
nature-poem moments (not necessarily "haiku moments"). So why not dabble 
in it if and when you get inspired.

Put a folded sheet of paper and pen in your shirt pocket. Scribble only 
key words during hike, to help jog your memory later when you rest/eat 
or camp for the night. Don't throw away any "bad poems" when you really 
wish to capture a moment, because such a terse poem is not as easy as it 
looks, and one can always revise and revisit them. Even the "best" 
haikuists write mostly junk. Also try tanka or cinquain ; they are both 
five-liners. Plenty of websites on them too
    -AF
       

>Interseting that someone brought up haiku...  I have never been much of a poetry kind of person, but one day on the southern AT I had a sudden inspiration: I still remember it, more than 8 years later.  Sorry, I don't have any PCT-inspired haiku, although this does reveal one of the many reasons I like the PCT so much over the AT.  Anyway, here it is...
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>first out of camp,
>the spider's gossamer strands
>envelop my face.
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>Ajax
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