festival
the boy too young
not to dance
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Jeremy Pendrey
Jeremy has been writing haiku and senryu since 2007. His work has appeared in several haiku journals, including Frogpond and Modern Haiku. Jeremy likes to look to the outdoors for poetic inspiration, but often ends up instead finding it in his family, work, play, and the rest of the ebb and flow of daily life. He lives in Walnut Creek, California with his wife, their two children, and a dog named Bingo.
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love this one, I've seen this in action
Ah, yes, I am familiar with this as well. My son loved to dance as a boy, the music would take hold of him, but now, as a teenager, it isn't going to happen. :)
Ah, wonderful!
I was facilitating poetry workshops in a school recently and the kids were 10-11 years old. When compared to the last group I worked with who were 14-15, the younger pupils were so much more enthusiastic from the start and immediately began to offer lines of poetry. It's the same with your dancing boy. I love the use of the negative in this haiku, it is a little like a riddle. :)
marion
Nice one. It's easy to make your little boy dance in his own way but when teenage hits them sure you can't make them do this anymore. I'll keep visiting your post.