Write a haibun about what/who inspired you to write poetry.
I started writing ‘poetry’ when I was in my teenage years. I found it a means to express my feelings mainly about girls I thought I should know and fall in love with. This would have been around 1970 when I was in school. Then when I taught myself to play guitar, I found my poems with added music made them live a little more.
Later I wrote a few musicals, again poetry with an added riff or two.
When I started high school we had an English text, and the title was from this haiku:
For deliciousness
try fording this rivulet
sandals in one hand
by Buson
That was my introduction to Haiku.
Today I use it still as a way to express thoughts and ideas. Though I tend to find I’m more story based than esoteric.
Introduction made
Teacher as aware as me
Words and syllables
Written for: https://dversepoets.com/2018/03/19/haibun-monday-who-what-why/
Morpethroad 
Amazing the things that motivate us. I love your first haiku… you waded in and now you are up to your neck with us!
Dwight
Thanks so much Dwight.
You are welcome!
I adore “story” poems – some of my favorite poems I’ve written are actually fiction – character based. And of course, music, guitars, and poetry all go hand in hand.
Thanks Margaret, story poems I have always found interesting, like the songs of Harry Chapin.
Music and poetry go hand in hand~ How lovely to be exposed to writing haiku in high school ~ Thanks for sharing Michael ~
My pleasure Grace, hope you are doing well.
Adding music can help a poem. I wish I knew how to do that.
It was a lot of trial and error Frank.
I enjoy story poems. I write them sometimes but then I suppose you could call all poems story poems. Nice that you added music to your early poems to make up to the ladies. That was a fun part of your haibun.
Thanks So much yes so much wishful thinking 😊
Something else we have in common, Michael – playing the guitar and writing songs as teenagers! And what a delicious introduction to haiku with Buson!
Thanks so much Kim 😀
I like the way you use poetry to tell stories that speak from your heart to the hearts of others.
Thanks Suzanne that’s very generous of you.
I loved reading this!
Thanks so much, glad you did.
Another few brush stroked in the portrait 🙂 I don’t see you as haiku. More epic free verse poetry. This haibun is lovely.
You know me better than I thought…yes me and haiku…not such a good mix.
There’s something finicky about haiku when I try to write them, that I don’t think the ‘naturals’ find.
That’s a good way to describe it Jane, I have this urge to tell the story of each line.
I can see the point, crafting a little gem of an image then turning it into another one in the last line, but like you, I often want to say a bit more.
Your piece reminds me of the lovely interplay between words and music. Nicely done 🙂
Thanks so much Jo.
Love the life story here… maybe I would have been more popular with the girls if I started writing as a teenager.
For you yes Bjorn, for me NO!! So I kept on writing and here I am.
Love your haiku. I feel torn at times between the conciseness of a haiku, and a story, which I love creating.
Thanks so much
Poetry…the language of love..Your instincts were spot-on, even then. Lovely write😊
Thanks Vivian I did write a lot of love poems back then. The term desperate comes to mind. Good I’ve grown and matured, sort of.