Black Cockatoo (draw a bird day) | by Kerfe Roig

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Kerfe shared an excellent drawing of a Cockatoo and a Traditional Haiku. Combined together, I would say this poem qualifies as a Haiga poem. I’ve added her to my Weekly Poetry Stars! Make sure and stop by and say hello.

When you examine her poetry, the Haiku is the focus, although the meaning of the bird’s importance in the image is indicated by its coloring. Orange for the word “inferno,” while the shades of dark blue and purple suggest despair.

This is a great example of a Haiga featuring an implied metaphor by using colors from the image to add impact to her poem. Remember, when writing Haiku, an implied metaphor is acceptable because the reader interprets the metaphor, instead of the metaphor being stated in the poem.

When writing Haiku, we don’t use similes or intrinsic or overt metaphors that compare one thing to another, which is not based on fact. Intrinsic metaphors are figures of speech: fishing for compliments, it’s raining men, he broke my heart, etc.

Read about metaphors and similes HERE.

Black Cockatoo

©Kerfe Roig

Source: Black Cockatoo (draw a bird day)

Published by Colleen M. Chesebro

An avid reader, Colleen M. Chesebro rekindled her love of writing poetry after years spent working in the accounting industry. These days, she loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction. In addition to poetry books, Chesebro’s publishing career includes participation in various anthologies featuring short stories, flash fiction, and poetry. She’s an avid supporter of her writing community on Word Craft Poetry.com by organizing and sponsoring a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called #TankaTuesday, where participants experiment with traditional and current forms of Japanese and American syllabic poetry. Chesebro is an assistant editor of The Congress of the Rough Writers Flash Fiction Anthology & Gitty Up Press, a micro-press founded by Charli Mills and Carrot Ranch. In January 2022, Colleen founded Unicorn Cats Publishing Services to assist poets and authors in creating eBooks and print books for publication. In addition, she creates affordable book covers for Kindle and print books. Chesebro lives in the house of her dreams in mid-Michigan surrounded by the Great Lakes with her husband and two (unicorn) cats, Chloe & Sophie.

37 thoughts on “Black Cockatoo (draw a bird day) | by Kerfe Roig”

    1. Amazing work. I tried to share to FB but someone had complained. I think it was FB. I complained and asked how this art and poetry could be offensive. So frustrating!

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              1. “Stifles” and “exhausts” are exactly the right words for the effect that Facebook has on me. I wonder what kind of syllabic poems people would write about Facebook without ever mentioning the word Facebook.

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