My husband coined the term “Noku” for poems that sound and feel like haiku, but don’t actually follow the “rules.”
I’m just back from a lovely, warm visit to Arizona, which means dealing with a pile of mail, things that have to be done around the house (laundry, for instance), work, etc. I’ll be blog visiting again as soon as possible this weekend and I hope your weekend is a blessed one.
Oh-Noku! And funny tu!
By the way I want to watermark or sign and copyright my photos. What do you use. I like the way you move it around. Thanks.
Carol
I mostly use Picasa 3, where I can type anywhere on the photo and is, of course, how I get my copyright and name there. Picasa was free, but I don’t think you can get it anymore. However, pretty much any editing app should have a way you can add text and then you just have to find out how to do the copyright sign.
janet
I’ll look to see,what I can find. You give me an ideas. I have. Text app. I’ll see what that can do. Thank you 😊
Glad I could help, Carol. When in doubt, you can always google for an answer, too.
I’ll try Googling too 😎
An illustrated Noku, nice !
Thanks. 🙂
janet
Inshallah, this is not a poem your husband penned for you. Just wondering?!
He made up the word, I wrote the poem (and not about him, either.) 🙂 An MB sighting to start my weekend. Nice.
janet
Thanks for the clarification J. Was a little worried. I care!
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ha – glad to read it was not about him – 🙂
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i love this word – perfect.
I thought so, too. 🙂
janet
T hope your heart, and you,
are warmer
than this picture.
Randy
We are, Randy, even though we’re back from Arizona where it was even warmer. 🙂
janet
Noku — what a brilliant idea! I love Haiku, but feel intimidated by the rules, so I never tried. Now I can try, and thank you to you and your husband!
Have a great day.
Helen, I’m glad we’ve set you free to enjoy poetry in whatever form. 🙂 Enjoy!
janet
Welcome back, Janet, and thanks for this lovely image & noku (I love the term).
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Thanks, Allan. I thought “noku” was a wonderful idea and hopefully let’s people enjoy writing poetry and haiku even more.
Welcome back, Janet. Love the picture and the Noku.
Thanks very much, J2. 🙂
Noku – I like it. And welcome back to the cold!
🙂 Thanks, A-C. While much colder than Arizona, the temperature today is an almost balmy 48 F, although it will get colder over the next few days. I rather like winter, so I don’t mind.
janet
Noku – LOVE that Janet!!! Also love your brrrr….icy photo and its beautiful accompanying verse
Thank, Tina. I’m glad it looks cold to you and not like you’re looking outside. 🙂
Welcome back to the cold, Janet.
Thanks, Dan. It wasn’t bad at all today, in the mid-forties. Going to get colder, though.
It felt warm here, too, but winter makes its return on Monday.
Love your image and words. I hope your noku isn’t about anyone in your life.
Thanks, Su, and no, it isn’t, thank goodness!
janet
So pretty!
Thanks, Joey. 🙂
janet
The little “bite”in your words was a twist – and a good one, Janet.
Sometimes it just is what it is…
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and I like the term your hubs came up with – which also shows how words and poems need to adapt roll with society changes and needs =it is how it grows and expands, eh?
The rules are made to be broken, right? I’ve seen plenty of haiku that don’t fit the 5-7-5 pattern, although I try to make mine do so. The best thing is to just be writing, right?
yes – and to be writing in a way that is flows for what we need at the time, eh?
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frigid feelings. Artistic presentation
I’m glad you liked it, Pauline, and glad it isn’t true for anyone I know. 🙂
janet
Lovely shot, Janet. I like the “Noku” too!
I’m glad, Patti. Thanks.