haiku writing as a way

[Taylor]

Re: haiku writing as a way

Indeed, many thanks for the guidance.

Gassho
Taylor

[Taylor]

Re: haiku writing as a way

Taigu, a quick question.

I was reading some of Issa's haiku and they seem to follow one of a few patterns. First, there is the fragment line you spoke of:

Fly Butterfly!
I feel the dust if this world
weighting my body

But then there are those which read more so like a continuous sentence:

How comfortable
my summer cotton robe
when drenched with sweat

Are these two different styles of haiku or merely a result of the poem being written rather than following any set form?

Gassho,
Taylor

[Amelia]

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About a dream I had, though the last stanza is missing a third line!

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A tower of beds
One stacked upon the other
Each smaller than the one below

At various levels:
Geisha folding underwear

[Saijun]

Re: haiku writing as a way

Rev. Taigu,

In the below haiku, the fragment relates to the phrase, but is not directly a part of it. May I ask if this is acceptable or not?

eternal summer
plastic trees
in the basement
--17 Dec 2010

Metta,

Perry

[Taigu]

Re: haiku writing as a way

Hi Perry, perfect Haiku really. The fragment does not have to be part of the phrase. Actually, if it is not and does not even relate to it, it can really create a great contrast and open our space.
Yes Taylor, sometimes one sentence. The great thing about Haiku can be also said about our practice, zazen, there are rules to be followed but these rules also have to be forgotten. Not always so.
If you open yourself to the reality, then the words come out as the should. Perfectly following or not following the traditional pattern.

gassho

Taigu

[Taylor]

Re: haiku writing as a way

Hi Perry, perfect Haiku really. The fragment does not have to be part of the phrase. Actually, if it is not and does not even relate to it, it can really create a great contrast and open our space.
Yes Taylor, sometimes one sentence. The great thing about Haiku can be also said about our practice, zazen, there are rules to be followed but these rules also have to be forgotten. Not always so.
If you open yourself to the reality, then the words come out as the should. Perfectly following or not following the traditional pattern.

gassho

Taigu

Well it just so happens my reality seems to flow as a sentence :P haha

Many a gassho,
Taylor

[Heisoku]

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Read your junk
Beautiful pictures framed
Taigu.

Gassho Nigel

[Earthling]

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This is a short video I put together a couple years ago for a haiku blog I used to run:

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These are translations of Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki, and Soseki.

This is a recent haiku of my own:

cold moonlight
leaf and shadow
tumbling

() josh

[Taigu]

Re: haiku writing as a way

Thank you O Josh for this.

gassho


Taigu

[Earthling]

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()

josh

[Shogen]

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Blue Mountain grazing
with Taigu eyes
delightful

gassho zak

[Nenka]

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Josh! That video was so beautiful. Thanks so much for posting it.

(That screen from the Art Institute of Chicago's collection made me so nostalgic, by the way. When I lived in Chicago I used to visit that museum on free days all the time. Ah!)

Gassho,

Jennifer

[Taylor]

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a broken paintbrush
worn from made strokes raging
just the full moon please

five seven five
there are no more masters here
one syllable short

messy brushstrokes
ink runs bleeds through rice paper
bamboo leaves now clouds

[Saijun]

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a broken paintbrush
worn from made strokes raging
just the full moon please

just the full moon please
clouds roll in
cold and grey

[Shogen]

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Josh Thanks I really appreciate the link. gassho zak