Little Women
A #BookReviewHaiku
Amy, Beth, Jo, Meg
Poverty, bravery, love
And then there were three
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This is a Book Review Haiku, instigated by a post that I saw on Threads (follow me there ) from Adventure Ink Comics:
Because official Vocal Challenges aren't overwhelming enough, I shared this on The Medium Writers and Vocal Creators Support Group (which I totally would have named a short and snappy name when I started it a few years ago, had I known how often i would type it, but well- there you go and here I am) as an unofficial Challenge.
Haikus can help distill multiple thoughts, and is not likely to give away a plot twist. (Not likely, but not always. Please see my haiku above for the exception. Sorry. But in my defense it IS in public domain now...)
So, are you up to join us on this crazy train-of-thought (Note: no royalties will be paid to Ozzie for that phrase.)? If so, use the #Bookreviewhaiku hashtag so it can be found. That will come in handy when we decide to create the #bookreviewhaiku t-shirts, mugs, stickers, and magnets. I know you'll want to be part of that, won't you? (Another note- kinda kidding about this, but also kinda not. I would buy one...)
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Thank you to Misty Rae, who took me up on this unofficial Challenge:
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I was going to relax this evening. Tune out, hunker down, look after myself. I need it. I am exhausted. Thoroughly used up. And it's only Wednesday. Not even half way through the week. A week that in the UK, is Mental Health Awareness week. I don't know who decides these things, who gets to co-opt a day, a week, a month, and declare it a thing about a thing. But I do know a lot about mental health. I know a lot about mental health AND I know a lot about working for the UK's National Health Service. And so it was with interest that I clicked play on the below video, earlier today. By the time I finished, I was in tears.
By Hannah Moore3 days ago in Psyche
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Did a flip - https://vocal.media/stories/house-of-leaves-we1le0ym1
Thanks for organising - I enjoyed reading many!! 😁
One(?) more --- https://vocal.media/poets/anne-of-green-gables Some adore Anne others find her insufferable. You can see where I land!
This is just amazing. One of my favorite childhood books
https://vocal.media/poets/american-psycho-h822j08ec = another from the Paul, that happens to be my 300th published piece on Vocal - yay!?
I would definitely buy one.
I love Little Women! It was one of my favorite books as a kid. Honestly, it is still one of my favorite books that I never get tired of reading. Have you watched the 2019 Little Women movie? I am quite partial to what book-based movies I will watch, but I do not regret this one. In fact, I love it! And Judey, I think you might have created a haiku monster, lol!
That haiku was excellent and really captures the bond the sisters had. I wrote a couple here: https://vocal.media/poets/book-haikus I want to do some more. Thanks Judey.
Hi Judey! 😊 I hash tagged, shared and embedded your link to your Haiku, and Here’s the link to my #BookReviewHaiku https://vocal.media/poets/invisible-man-by-ralph-ellison-ax6c0l1y
The idea of this challenge is super fun. Now I'm getting more and more tempted to take a stab at it. I'm a little scared it might become addictive.
Love your haiku and loved Little Women - I gave it a try, here's a link: https://vocal.media/poets/the-wizard-of-oz-ih210887#comment-0e0cce65-d5e7-4bd7-8c75-3317d759e612
Great idea Judey, here's my try: https://vocal.media/poets/the-shining-a-stephen-kingly-haiku
I was feeling left out, so here's my #BookReviewHaiku! https://vocal.media/poets/the-real-mother-goose
https://vocal.media/poets/atlas-shrugged-xd1b0qas Here is my try!
I am so going to attempt this
This is one I wrote: https://vocal.media/poets/my-favourite-books-growing-up
That's a fun challenge for sure. i think Haikus are a nice challenge for poetry. I wrote a few about my favourite books and i think they came out alright haha
Not obsessed by this...truly - https://vocal.media/poets/jane-eyre-ok6l00w5
Oh then there's this - https://vocal.media/poets/writer-s-best-friend
Sorry sorry sorry - here's another https://vocal.media/poets/peter-pan-bg5j09co
I love love love Little Women so I was a bit trepidatious as I clicked the link to read your haiku -- but you did this book justice, truly. Thank you.
Awesome 👍 💯❤️😉💥
Okay, sorry, I was inaccurate - this is my last one and I am not even feeling bad - https://vocal.media/poets/a-hug-in-a-book
https://vocal.media/poets/henry-and-edward - last one for now.
Here ya go - https://vocal.media/poets/lord-of-the-rings-h5w50y2p lol! I didn't make it easy on myself, taking on such a classic haha!