Thursday, May 10, 2012

Review in Haiku: Sweeter than Birdsong

Months ago, I read a blog post where another book blogger had been challenged to write her review in the form of a haiku. (Unfortunately, I can't remember who it was, or I would certainly give credit!) At the time I thought it was an impossible idea. However, I started thinking about it the other day and thought I'd give it a go.

A few things you need to know first . . .
I'm not a poet. Never have been.
I hated reading and writing poetry in school.
I swore poetry would be "dead to me" once I got done with school.
However, I really enjoyed this exercise in creativity.
It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
I'm under no illusions that it's any good, but I'm pleased with the result.
I will probably do this again when the mood strikes.

With all of that said, I give you my Review in Haiku for Sweeter than Birdsong by Rosslyn Elliott. (It's not so much a "review" as a "response.")


deeply felt writing
sparks courage to choose the right
keeps me thinking still

That was a lot of build up for such a short little haiku, wasn't it? Anyway. I'd love to know what you think. And if the mood strikes and the creative juices are flowing, I'd love to read your Review in Haiku too! Just leave me a link in the comments and I'll check it out.

2 comments:

  1. I still need to read these novels by Elloitt. They look / sound great! =)

    BTW: Following you on Twitter. =)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Brooke, I've been making an interstate move, so I only just saw this. I love it and I'm honored that you chose Sweeter than Birdsong for your haiku review! Writing a poem response is a fun exercise, but what you say in your haiku is also really touching to me. Thank you.

    ReplyDelete

I love comments! Thanks for letting me know what you think!

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Labels

(in)courage (in)mercy 1 star 12 Pearls of Christmas 12 Pearls of Christmas 2012 12 Pearls of Christmas 2013 2 star 2 stars 2.5 stars 2012 Review 3 stars 3.5 stars 4 stars 4.5 stars 5 Minute Friday 5 stars A Year of Weddings Abingdon Press Advent Announcements ARC August Author B-H Books Banned Books Week Barbour Publishing BBAW 2012 beauty Bethany House Blitz Blog Action Day blog hop Blog Mooch Blog Tour Blogaversary Blogging Blogging for Change Blogside Chat Book Blast Book Club Book Trailer Thursday Bout of Books Bout of Books 11.0 Bout of Books 13.0 Bout of Books 7.0 Bout of Books 8.0 Bout of Books 9.0 Brookes Faves celebration Center Street CFBA challenge accepted Character Meet and Greet Charisma Media Children's Christian Speaker Services christianaudio Christmas Christy Awards Clean Sweet community Compassion Compassion Blog Month Contemporary Countdown to Christmas Cover Love Cover Reveal Dani Pettrey David C. Cook Devotion Devotional DiAnn Mills DNF Easter Egg Blog Hop End of Summer Read-A-Thon Etsy Events Faith Words Fall Into Reading 2012 FB Chat Fiction FIRST Food Freebies Friday Five Getting To Know You Giveaway Giveaway Hop Glass Road PR goals Grand Finale Great Escapes Guest Blogger Guideposts Books Harlequin Heartwarming Harvest House High Summer Read-A-Thon Historical home goods Hope International Howard Books If the Shoe Fits Influenster Inspired Design Publications Jody Hedlund Jolly VoxBox Just for Fun Kenya Kregel Publications Literacy Read-A-Thon LitFuse Publicity Looking Ahead Love for Books Love Inspired Mailbox Fun Month in Review Moody Publishers Mother of Pearl Mother of Pearl 2013 Movie Music NavPress Net Galley New Hope Publishers New Leaf Publishers New Release Feature Non-Fiction Operation Christmas Child pinterest pray pray for the horn Prism Book Tours Promo Random Random House Random Question RCCleanup read-a-thon Reading Cram reflections Reformation Trust Release Day Retirement Community Revell Review in Haiku River North Road to the Christys Road Trip Romance Samaritan's Purse Sandra Byrd Sandra D Bricker Sandra Leesmith scripture Secret Church shutterfly snacks Snappy Reviews Sneak Peek Spring Break '11 Spring Reading Thing SSMT SSMT 2013 Sterling Summer Lovin' Read-A-Thon summer reading Summerside Press Susan May Warren Suspense Take a Chance on Me Tamera Alexander Tanzania Teaser Tuesday Tens List The B-B Media Group The Story Behind the Story The Travel Bug The Word Thomas Nelson Thursday 3 Top 10 Top Picks Top Ten Tuesday Trailer Tricia Goyer Tyndale House Waiting on Wednesday WaterBrook Multnomah webcast WestBow Press What Are You Reading What's Next Whitaker House WinePress Publishing World Watch List WWW Wednesdays YA Young Adult Zondervan
Powered by Blogger.