{"id":30478,"date":"2011-04-15T19:49:13","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T23:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/30478\/april-showers-bring-flowers\/"},"modified":"2011-04-15T19:49:13","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T23:49:13","slug":"april-showers-bring-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/30478\/april-showers-bring-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"April Showers Bring May Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=April-Showers-45519.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/April-Showers-45519.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Awe.. Spring is finally here! Welcome to my blog and enjoy the beauty of spring with me as we share a Tanka and or Haiku or any form of poetry you wish.<\/p>\n<p>HAIKU is a Japanese verse consisting of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables ( 5,7,5) 17 syllables in all. Haiku focuses on nature (seasons.) Rhyming is not necessary. Here are some examples found on Shadowpoetry. com<\/p>\n<p>Example #1:<\/p>\n<p>Pink cherry blossoms<br \/>\nCast shimmering reflections<br \/>\nOn seas of Japan<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 Andrea<\/p>\n<p>Example #2:<\/p>\n<p>salt-waves caress sand<br \/>\ntickling my toes and heart<br \/>\nin their short-spun wake<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2002 Diana<\/p>\n<p>TANKA is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the Haiku with five lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. 5,7,5,7,7. Rhyming is not necessary for the Tanka and much like the Haiku it is focused on nature and love. <\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of the Tanka:<\/p>\n<p>Example #1:<\/p>\n<p>A cool wind blows in<br \/>\nWith a blanket of silence.<br \/>\nStraining to listen<br \/>\nFor those first few drops of rain,<br \/>\nThe storm begins in earnest.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2001 Dendrobia<\/p>\n<p>Example #2:<\/p>\n<p>Subtle hints of spring<br \/>\nIn the wet bark of the tree<br \/>\nDew dripping from leaves<br \/>\nThen runs down the russet trunk<br \/>\nPools round the roots and is drunk<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2002 Can Sonmez<\/p>\n<p>So shower me with Haiku or Tanka on my blog of springtime beauty but any form is welcome. Here are some pictures that might inspire you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=0704150409301bird_umbrella2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/0704150409301bird_umbrella2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=april_showers_pic2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/april_showers_pic2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=iStock_000008664639XSmall.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/iStock_000008664639XSmall.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=fntn-cplkssng.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/fntn-cplkssng.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/?action=view&amp;current=atBu-3bm-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i927.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad114\/mrobinking\/atBu-3bm-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awe.. Spring is finally here! Welcome to my blog and enjoy the beauty of spring with me as we share a Tanka and or Haiku or any form of poetry you wish. HAIKU is a Japanese verse consisting of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables ( 5,7,5) 17 syllables in all. Haiku focuses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}