8/3/12
“A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.”
My haikus are a poetic journal of every day life’s little things. This started as a project to write 645 haikus for the year I live in my apartment. Reaching the number isn’t the important part. It’s about appreciating and finding beauty from unexpected places. Haikus are short and provide opportunities to be able to write consistently.
Jersey Avenue
Writing 645 haikus
A new song to replace
the blues taking
place at Jersey Avenue
Morning time, the sun
heats the curtain less window
Kissing my room hello
Above in a tree
A bluebird chirps
a song
Named freedom for me
In the sky, stars dance
Roaming searching
for romance
But radiant alone
More to write
Stay tuned to
thoughts flowing
From Saturday afternoons
This poem birthed the idea. Most importantly though, I write for you. Simple as that.
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*Update 7/6/13*
That was the original intention for this blog. I did not reach 645 haikus and moved from that apartment. My kudos and deep respect to my fellow bloggers who are able to write every day. Starting this project made me focus on my poetry. This blog has helped me understand what my role as a poet is. A vessel capturing and transcribing the beauty in the world that surrounds us. When I said write for you, I mean the world.
Poetry is meant to connect. Connect ideas to images and sounds. Connect the feelings of our collective human experience to words. Connect me to you.
Yesenia Guerra 
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