Hello readers and followers, today we are presenting something new from “Go Dog Go Cafe”, which is being organised by Donna Matthews, an interesting format of writing a “Haibun”, so read all about how to write a Haibun, and you are all welcome to join us at Go Dog Go Cafe, and post your articles here on “Haibun Wednesdays” …

Welcome to Go Dog Go Cafe’s Inaugural Haibun Wednesday!
A bit of background…
If you’ve been around the cafe awhile, you might know that I was working through 100 Poetry Forms with the help of Robert Brewer at Writer’s Digest. But of late, I found myself struggling and not wanting to write. The forms were complicated and not at all what I wanted to be working on, so, last month, I decided to let the challenge go. This letting go is not something I do easily; instead, I tend to keep a death grip on things, doing more and more until I crash in exhaustion. The truth is, I’m still learning how to be a well-functioning human (at 51 😂), and each time we say yes to something, we say no to something else. By continuing the 100 Poetry Form challenge, I was saying no to learning and practicing…
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sounds good! 😀 thanks for sharing!
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What a wonderful, informing, teaching post! Thanks for sharing, Ivor!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…How you feeling? Hope Sir Frankie is taking good care of you! 🙂
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Thaks Carolyn.. I’m ok and my elbow is reasonably comfortable… and Frankie is being Frankie … 💛🐶🌏🤗
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I checked out the haiban. It turns out I was writing a haiban of my own on my website months ago. It goes like this:
https://catxman.wordpress.com/2021/08/29/blog-after-blog/
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Yep you’ve got the drift of it ok ..
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You made a good choice Ivor. When poetry becomes work it loses its sparkle! Never lose your sparkle! You have some great stuff my friend.
Heal quickly!
Dwight
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thanks Dwight .. 1.45pm and I’m off to sleep again
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This is exciting news! I do like a good haibun…
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Yes we trying some new at Go Dog Go Cafe, and think it’s a very popular format .. You are most welcome to join in Ingrid .. 😀
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😅😅😅 I just got my business plans approved! Which is wonderful news, but…I now have 8 courses to write, and then start marketing them 🤪
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Oh wow Ingrid, you are a busy girl ..
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Just a bit! 😅
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Hmmm .. more than a bit … just don’t take too big of a bite …
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My main job this month is delivering Christmas ‘on time and on budget’ 😅🎅🏻🎄
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Haha ..that’s always a big task … I’m lucky no such worries anymore ..
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Yes 😅 enjoy a cup of festive cheer instead!
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