Take a Haiku
Posted at 6:00 AM on August 24, 2009
by Ann Reed
(17 Comments)
Whenever Dale has asked me to co-host, I get to have a taste of what it would be like to be the host of a radio show. It's only a taste because what I get to do is pick songs and talk. Someone else has to do the technical stuff. (Not that I couldn't learn.)
Don't get me wrong, I love being a songwriter, but I've been at it for 30 years and I have been entertaining the thought that one day soon I might want to do something else. Hosting a radio show ... hmmm ... I wonder if you need a degree for that ...
So thank you, Dale and Mike, for asking me to host today. And thanks to Jasper for the song suggestions. It's very pleasant to get advice from someone who doesn't seem to mind when you do something else instead.
Since I don't get many chances to blog, I want to reveal a secret, something only a select group of people might know. OK, I'll just spill it: I write haiku every day.
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 syllables (or moras as they are sometimes called), in three metrical phrases of five, seven, and five moras respectively. Haiku in English usually appear in three lines and typically contain a kigo, or seasonal reference, and a kireji, or verbal caesura (pause or break). For now, never mind the kigo and kireji -- let's just have a swing at getting five syllables in the first line, seven in the second line and five in the third line, like these:
many tomatoes
hanging, waiting on the vines
all of them are greenfinding the music
amusing, strange, uplifting
Radio Heartland
Try it -- you'll be hooked!
Comments (17)
Much success to your new adventure Ann. Youve come a long ways from the Wooden Nickle cofffeehouse at Moorhead State College.
Ann,
As a radio host you may have over-estimated the skills of your audience. Haiku on a Monday morning what a challenge......In your honor I gave it a try.
Mn sota State Fair
cheese curds, malts, minidonuts
quilts, butterheads jam
See you at the Fair!
this is more than i should try to do so early
her side warms my ear
gurgle, swish, munch, kids bleating
morning in the barn
thanks for being with us this morning, Ann and good morning to All!
Hey, Ann... glad to hear your smiling voice!
go over to school
prepare my room for teaching
kids will be back soon
(my kids will be singing and playing, not bleating... I hope!)
Running late today
Must not tarry with RH
Good morning to all
Lovely to hear you this morning Ann!
Sun shining brightly
Wind soughing through trees
Savor summer, now waning
Welcome Ann. Always a pleasure to listen to you - singing or hosting.
Here is an attempt at a haiku for you, Ann. Thanks for filling in for Dale and for the interesting selection of music.
summer is now gone
where was it hiding this year
fried green tomatoes
Am I really now
Or is it then that I am
nor does it matter
what, where's Dale today?
I think it's Monday, isn't it?
Oh YEA it's Ann Reed!
Ringed by red-rock cliffs,
warmed by sun and wind-chime sounds,
new house becomes home.
hi, everyone--
i've moved to Utah officially! trying to get used to RH being an hour later, so had to hurry to get here before the show was over!
nice to tune in to hear joni :-)
still goat cheese month, Renee -
another easy, sweet:
make small balls of chevre and freeze
dip the frozen balls in melted dark chocolate (to which a small amount of salad oil has been added)
then sprinkle a small amount of sea salt on top of the truffles
(to make it even better, i would probably stir something into the chevre before i made the balls - Jack Daniels? :-)
or another more savory:
slice zucchini in 1/4 inch slices
spread generous slather of chevre (herb or plain) on slices
top with a small piece of baked tomato (green might even be good, Jim)
pop in mouth
Great job Ann! As usual, it is always enjoyable to listen to you...
Enjoyed your show, Ann! Had an LOL moment when you said: to get the current weather, look out the window.
Kay, glad you're getting settled in!
Barb, you should (in your spare time) publish a collection:
little recipes
made from chevre of your goats
bound into a book?
To reply to last Thursday's query, Dale, I can't be at the Fair this Friday because of an out of town trip planned 'way back... SOB. I would have been there with bells on, and would have loved a goat button. Surely there will be some other gathering sometime, and there's always next year, but it seems so far away.
And I haven't been able to blog regularly (I'm here now by the grace of my neighbor):
big frustration reigns
internet connection gone
lo these many days
probably will now
need to spend a Chunk of Change
just to get it fixed
(husband played with wires
hoping then to fix the kink
seemed to make it worse.)
Have a good week, y'all..
It was nice to hear you on the air this morning, Ann, and read the haiku here on the blog.
I'm looking forward to the State Fair broadcast, even though I can't make it there in person. I'm sure those of you who can will have a wonderful time.
Barb-Thanks for the recipes. I envy all of you who can attend the fair. I'm stuck in compulsory training in the eastern part of ND, and can't take the time to make it to the Cities. I did my rural home preservation ritual this weekend and put up 100 pounds of tomatoes that we bought from a local guy who has a green house. It always reminds me of my 4-H days.
My day off today.
Cleaning, laundry, and packing.
Back to college soon!
good to hear your voice, and thanx for playing Praire Sun at 11 instead of noon, a good beginning to the repeat
look forward to seeing you Friday at the Fair
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