I was reading a poem by Carol Light; "Raynaud's Weather." The first part is prose poem, the second a series of linked haiku-formed stanzas. Since I usually work in prose, I thought some deliberate practice with haiku form might be useful, at least as a way to break out of a habit.
So, I fixed (by what process I cannot recall--if there was a process--maybe it was just that that's how the first one went) on a series in which the fifth syllable would always be the word "heart." And away I went.
To try, to take, heart
beat the drums loudly and lordly
say "no" nevermore
Lonely hunter, heart
less an organ, pure idea
seeking company
Matter has, needs, heart
strong nucleus, moving core
streaming particles
Lifetime measured heart
starts continues flutters stops
soars throbs sore goes out
Take it all to heart
attack root causes affect
ranges of choices
Supporting rings, heart
wood pithy prone to decay
devalues timber
Without love no heart
break without numbing heart break
no recovery
Back-slapping joy heart-
y zealous greeting betrays
fear of loneliness
Action, stasis, heart
stopping each in its own way
silence follows thumping
Home of all homes heart
land, place from, destination
radiates ways back
Drums imitate heart
throb stimulate call to arms
destroying loving
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