ARTS: What is a haiku?

[Kokuu]

Hi all

A lovely short article from The Haiku Foundation:

https://thehaikufoundation.org/new-to-haiku-what-is-haiku-2/

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Tomás ESP]

Hi all

A lovely short article from The Haiku Foundation:

https://thehaikufoundation.org/new-to-haiku-what-is-haiku-2/

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

Thank you Kokuu, I have always loved Haiku's, but I enjoy reading them and letting them soak my whole being, rather than writting them myself

Gassho, Tomás
Sat&LaH

[Koushi]

Hi all

A lovely short article from The Haiku Foundation:

https://thehaikufoundation.org/new-to-haiku-what-is-haiku-2/

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

This was wonderful, thank you for sharing

Gassho,
Jesse
ST

[Seikan]

Thank you for the refresher Kokuu!

I've often referred to those definitions by Robert Spiess and the HSA for guidance. They provide needed focus, but are still not too rigid/restrictive.

Gassho,
Rob

-stlah-


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[Nickatnight]

Words on white paper
Animal tracks cross the snow
I follow them both

Sat today

[Kokuu]

Words on white paper
Animal tracks cross the snow
I follow them both

Lovely, Nick!

Just to say there is no need to stick to 5-7-5 structure unless you want to. Japanese sound units (morae) tend to be shorter than western syllables so Japanese haiku translate into fewer syllables in English.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

[Nickatnight]

Thank you.
I like the discipline that the 5-7-5 structure forces upon me. My tendency is to use too many words... for everything.
How does one participate in the Haiku Club here on Tree Leaf?
Nick
sattoday

[Kokuu]

You participate just by posting poems! There is a thread for that: https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/show...-Your-Haiku%21

This is a nice piece by my friend Alan Summers on writing in 5-7-5: http://area17.blogspot.com/2016/03/5...-as-three.html

The former Zen monk Clark Strand is also a fan of that structure.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-