Poems

One of the suggestions from my writing group for our book project next spring is to intersperse poems throughout the book. My editor and writing instructor, Eileen Albrizio introduced me to to three forms of poems, Triolet, Haiku, and Tanka. Without describing the poetic form in detail here are my examples of each:


TRIOLET

I stare at her crossing the room
and long for her when I'm alone
I see her face at the sound of a familiar tune
I stare at her crossing the room
I remember the day we met in June
and the hours we spoke on the telephone
I stare at her crossing the room
and long for her when I'm alone

© 2009 Felix F. Giordano


HAIKU

Snow falls
on mountain cliffs
feeding glacial melt

© 2009 Felix F. Giordano


TANKA

The dead of winter
when trees have shed their leaves
branches sway in the wind
reaching up to the sky
in praise of Creator

© 2009 Felix F. Giordano

Montana Harvest

Montana Harvest is complete! I finished a final edit on the novel yesterday and sent it to my editor for a professional edit. Two significant changes occurred in this novel (chronologically the first in the series) which will have a bearing on the next two novels in the series. I won't detail what the changes are but be assured that one has to do with a relationship and the other with a vocation and both are linked.

Writing Group

On Thursday evening I met with three of my former writing class members to discuss the short story compilation that we intend to self-publish and our future writers group meetings set to begin in January.