I have always loved the Japanese poetry form of Haiku. What I write doesn\u2019t always strictly conform to the \u201crules\u201d other than it always follows the pattern of 3 lines — one of 5 syllables, one of 7 syllables, and one of 5 syllables; this is what I remember learning about haiku, I believe in elementary school. I have written countless Haikus throughout my life, many just in my head. Sometimes Kevin and I compose them together. Now I write one most days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the pandemic one day, I decided to write a Haiku for each place I had lived in my life. One of these places I only lived in for one month, and one was for 12 years, so there are significant differences in the span of time each of these Haikus cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have updated this to add two more for two more homes that I have lived in since then; one I had written when we moved to our last place in Mazatl\u00e1n, and one I had written about our new home in Guanajuato. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4\/20\/20<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MY LIFE IN HAIKU: a haiku for each home I have had<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t remember<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first home that I lived in<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Atwater Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Concord, South St. Paul<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First home that I remember<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Long hill up to school<\/p>\n\n\n\n
75th<\/sup> Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n My primary childhood home<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 6 to 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n Casper Way, near school<\/p>\n\n\n\n Little birch forest behind<\/p>\n\n\n\n My sanctuary<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winona State U<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friends lived on 11th<\/sup> floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sheehan 8th<\/sup> for me<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to Casper Way<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a summer working<\/p>\n\n\n\n Money for schooling<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to Sheehan Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now I live on 11<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a new roommate<\/p>\n\n\n\n Casper Way, last time<\/p>\n\n\n\n But counting inventory<\/p>\n\n\n\n And seeing my love<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to Winona<\/p>\n\n\n\n This time in a house near the<\/p>\n\n\n\n Very loud railroad<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winona, next place<\/p>\n\n\n\n An apartment with some friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rarely was I there<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winona, last place<\/p>\n\n\n\n An apartment for one month<\/p>\n\n\n\n Above landlord\u2019s home<\/p>\n\n\n\n Moving in with Mom<\/p>\n\n\n\n While looking for my first job<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using my degree<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lived with high school friend<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPrestigious West Bloomington\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once I found a job<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kevin and I move<\/p>\n\n\n\n An apartment on a lake<\/p>\n\n\n\n First home together<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next we move \u201cOut West\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To Kent, Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n Never looking back<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sailboat, floating home<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bainbridge, West Coast, Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12 years of our lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n While working on boat<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apartment, Bainbridge Island<\/p>\n\n\n\n Very noisy street<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where should we go next?<\/p>\n\n\n\n We miss the mountains, we said<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reno here we come<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carson City job<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carson City apartment<\/p>\n\n\n\n Until we can\u2019t grill<\/p>\n\n\n\n We buy our first house<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Downtown Carson City<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 years of our lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sold our house, now we<\/p>\n\n\n\n Travel, \u201chome\u201d moving with us<\/p>\n\n\n\n For about six weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sabalo Country<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Mazatl\u00e1n neighborhood<\/p>\n\n\n\n For only four months<\/p>\n\n\n\n Traveling again<\/p>\n\n\n\n For 6 months during one year<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two weeks longest \u201chome\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to Mazatl\u00e1n<\/p>\n\n\n\n One year lease, La Paloma<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beautiful ocean<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8\/8\/20<\/p>\n\n\n\n House coincidence<\/p>\n\n\n\n The parrots told us three times<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bus stop, Facebook, tree<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7\/1\/21<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s San Javier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Universe has given<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our new neighborhood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have always loved the Japanese poetry form of Haiku. What I write doesn\u2019t always strictly conform to the \u201crules\u201d other than it always follows the pattern of 3 lines…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku","tag-haiku","tag-home","tag-poetry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catherinedezelarkrause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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