pathway to options somewhere, nowhere, anywhere take them or leave them
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” – Henry David Thoreau
A Monoku is a type of poem which is made up of a single horizontal line. Traditionally considered as a haiku writing, it is currently accepted as a variant of the haiku form of poetry. Monoku emerged as an independent style of poetry in the 1970s.
A haiku in a single horizontal line.
Unlike the Haiku which is made up of three outlines with a total of seventeen syllables, Monoku features a single line consisting of seventeen syllables or even fewer.
It contains a pause brought about by speech rhythm with slight or no punctuation. The first letter should not be capitalized – but instead written in lower case.
-Eugi
Image by Felix Merler from Pixabay
Moonwashed Musings 
My knowledge of poetry is increasing, thank you
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My pleasure!
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Thank you
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Povely poem expressing an essential truth. We have many more options than we realize. ❤
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So true, Cheryl!
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Lovely poem…typos are out to get me!
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Thank you, Cheryl! Typos seem to visit my blog too.
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Keeping agile mentally will help the physical 🙂
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Yes, our mental and physical being should work together.
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🙂
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Beautiful photograph and beautiful quote.
Have a fabulous day and weekend. ♥
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Excellent choice of Quote… Love H.D. Thoreau…. He spoke lots of wisdom.. ❤
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Thank you so much, Sue!💖
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Beautiful photograph and the poem.
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Thank you, Indira!
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My pleasure, dear.
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Each word written in a Monoku can represent a single human step I reason.
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Yes, it can be read as you wish. For example, it can be read as a haiku –
pathway to options
somewhere, nowhere, anywhere
take them or leave them
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That quote strikes all the right chords!!! I never knew about Monoku, thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, and my pleasure.
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Furabuluss Mononku again Miss Eugi! You REELLY xcell at this form of poe-etry!
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Pee S: BellaSita meowed to mee yore poe-em iss furry innsightfull two. And shee sayss shee will reememburr it fore efurr!
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Aww, thank you BellaDharma and BellaSita Mum! 😘😽
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👍
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interesting. Does it have a maximum amount of words?
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No, but it is 17 syllables – here is more information.
Unlike the Haiku which is made up of three outlines with a total of seventeen syllables, Monoku features a single line consisting of seventeen syllables or even fewer.
It contains a pause brought about by speech rhythm with slight or no punctuation. The first letter should not be capitalized – but instead written in lower case.
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Oh thank you so much for this. 🙂
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