{"id":8278,"date":"2014-04-12T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T18:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/?p=8278"},"modified":"2014-04-12T14:46:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T18:46:45","slug":"the-poetry-of-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2014\/04\/the-poetry-of-every-day.html","title":{"rendered":"the poetry of every day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"<\/a>It’s easy to forget that every day holds poetry. Especially if you’re hectic: packing, moving, cleaning a new house, unpacking… Soothing a disolocated dog, holding a curious baby. Eating out of cartons while you locate the dishes and pans.<\/p>\n

All of this can make you forget the whole point of the exercise. New house! Beautiful baby! GREAT life! Well, not really\u00a0forget<\/em>, but kind of lose sight of…<\/p>\n

Watching my grandson today, as he tried to climb over the boxes that have yet to be unpacked, I remembered why I love haiku so much: it’s a verbal snapshot of a moment. Any moment will do, if you look closely. For me, it’s almost any moment I spend watching my grandson… \ud83d\ude42\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tanka (at least for me) differs only in a short reflection — it’s the caption for the snapshot, if that makes sense.<\/p>\n

So today’s poem — after a hiatus of traveling here and hectic moving! — is both snapshot and reflection: a tanka for Trin.<\/p>\n

tanka for Trinidad<\/em><\/p>\n

my grandson chows down
\none entire banana
\nsinging\u00a0na na na<\/em>
\nhis fisted hands keep time
\nthump thump thump<\/em>\u00a0song of feeding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s easy to forget that every day holds poetry. Especially if you’re hectic: packing, moving, cleaning a new house, unpacking… Soothing a disolocated dog, holding a curious baby. Eating out of cartons while you locate the dishes and pans. All of this can make you forget the whole point of the exercise. New house! 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