Tropical haiku poems describe nature's essence!What are haiku poems? Would you like to learn how to write a haiku poem? They are a traditional form of Japanese poetry, which usually employs three lines, totalling seventeen syllables.
Subjects should have a lightness or springiness – like a blade of grass that bounces because an insect has just landed on it! This type of poem also helps to focus an artist’s thoughts on a subject and to find its “essence”. It is in tune with the Buddhist idea of being “in the moment”.
Because our tropical climate has no real seasons (except Wet and less wet!) this makes the composition of this disciplined artform more challenging. This form of poetry seem to come naturally to Frieda van Aller, as she meditates, walks on the beach or tends her responsive garden. Frieda, trained as a teacher in her native Holland, later travelled extensively in Asia, particularly in India, where she lived for some years in monasteries. 
To her surprise, life then took a complete change of direction when she married an Australian fisherman, Colin, and fished the waters off North Queensland with him for twenty years. The couple now lives in Port Douglas, running their relaxed and successful B&B accommodation business. 
Just for fun, I thought that, with Frieda’s cooperation and permission, I would publish a few of her wonderful observations each week. Perhaps we could start with a few and introduce a new one each week or so? If you would like to receive my monthly e-newsletter, 'Perspectives' I shall try to include some there as well.
If you would enjoy this idea, please use the RSS feed, which should alert you when new poems or pages are added to the site. In fact, let's go one step better and invite YOUR contribution! So, let’s get started –
Have you just composed a perceptive haiku?If so, please share it with us all? What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see haikus that other visitors to this page have written...
Drench
Cloud heavy with rain
Low Isles Sunrise
Morning sun, green seas,
Bloody Hide
A tick struck today
SPRING - MY GARDEN
Frangipanis bloom
surprise
on valentine's day
early morning garden...
crushed on a stone
road kill
sadness, death on the roads,
Survival
A cyclone threatens
Flooded Creek Bed
The mangroves refresh
Showing My Age
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