Haiku

[goldustwoman]

http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku/#issa

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html

The shadow poetry link is excellent. There's a lot of poetry there to learn. I now have this page saved. I've been writing free verse forever. Its comes from my grandma, I'm sure. God Bless her.

 

[TheRainMan]

nevermind, i forget. it's too darn humid to think straight.

oh the questions in the first post.

like what's your favourite haiku? and what do you expect to see when you go to read a haiku?

just those two little bitty questions. answer them, it'll be like picking strawberries, i promise.

i don't read haiku much.

don't really have a favorite - don't like any of them really, not much anyway -so i don't expect much from them.

i just came here to annoy you.

a bushel of strawberries . . . now you're talkin'.

 

[TheRainMan]

Isn't that one by Washō (also known as Wsō), that disciple of Matsuo Bashō who migrated to the southern reaches of the Japanese Empire?

LOL

you're all right, Seattle.

 

[wildsweetone]

Isn't that one by Washō (also known as Wsō), that disciple of Matsuo Bashō who migrated to the southern reaches of the Japanese Empire?

you tease lol it's too hot to blush any more than i already am!

 

[wildsweetone]

i don't read haiku much.

don't really have a favorite - don't like any of them really, not much anyway -so i don't expect much from them.

i just came here to annoy you.

a bushel of strawberries . . . now you're talkin'.

*rolling my eyes*

you don't like Haiku? you haven't lived!

annoy me? yeah right. lol i think you're losing your touch, or something.

 

[Tzara]

LOL

you're all right, Seattle.

steady rain

yet the dragonfly
knows what season

 

[Tzara]

you tease lol it's too hot to blush any more than i already am!

If you're too hot, you might want to loosen your blouse a bit.

Now, now. Don't misinterpret. Air circulation—allows the capillaries to cool the blood.

Your blood, anyway.

 

[wildsweetone]

you really think i'm wearing a shirt in this heat?



i'd debate the word 'knows' - but then that's cos i'm still learning.

i have to rush off now. family birthday gathering. i may disappear into the bush out the back and cogitate or meditate or something during the course of the night. who knows where the next ku will appear?

goldustwoman thanks for the links, i'll take a look in the morning. much appreciated. and if you're interested, check out ALL the other essays jthserra wrote. they're well worth the read.

 

[My Erotic Trail]

Art, what's your preference, your 'preferred expectation' when you read a Haiku?

Nature;

I enjoy reading people, if it says Haiku attached to the title or in suggestion I know what the poem will be structured as but like a house (big or small), you don't know what the furniture is like till you go inside. You don't know if they are going to show you the food in the kitchen or their closet or the green house or even the bedroom <grin

Here is 'a' favorite of mine but note the poets emotions inlayed into the poem makes the poem powerful and beautiful <grin>
example;

Weeping Cherry Blossoms


tranquil reflections
in dawn's tears​

wso

notice this person never let you into their house but instead led you to a tree outside <grin. if you are reading this then you are propbably a poetry pearl hunter too!

 

[Liar]

The old pond --
a frog jumps in,
the sound of water

I read a collection of different translations of this classic (Japanese, I assume) haiku once, and it was interresting how different they could become.

The most extreme version was this condensed creation:

pond
frog
plop​

If anyone knows what collection this is, I'd be grateful to find and read it again.

 

[wildsweetone]

i wonder if

pond
frog
jump

would be worth considering.



The Old Pond - variations
very interesting aren't they?

some translations are very different from the famous one we all know.


goldustwoman, i see Haiku variations in those links that don't fall under the 5-7-5 rule. the Shadow Poetry link seems to give a good definition.

 

[wildsweetone]

Nature;

I enjoy reading people, if it says Haiku attached to the title or in suggestion I know what the poem will be structured as but like a house (big or small), you don't know what the furniture is like till you go inside. You don't know if they are going to show you the food in the kitchen or their closet or the green house or even the bedroom <grin

Here is 'a' favorite of mine but note the poets emotions inlayed into the poem makes the poem powerful and beautiful <grin>
example;

Weeping Cherry Blossoms


tranquil reflections
in dawn's tears​

wso

notice this person never let you into their house but instead led you to a tree outside <grin. if you are reading this then you are propbably a poetry pearl hunter too!

lol how am i going to learn about other Haiku if you guys keep quoting my own stuff??? lol

i'm beginning to get the feeling there's only a few of us who write Haiku.

maybe we should have a Haiku Contest!

 

[Weepingguitar]

I love writing Haikus! I posted these two on another page

"Violence in the Streets:"

I like to punch mimes
Their boxes won't protect them
Those stupid bastards

"My Haiku:"

This is my haiku
Oh Shit! I've just used two lines
And all my syla-

 

[wildsweetone]

hi Weepingguitar (interesting nickname!)

i need to read more Haiku, i've not seen any like yours before.

 

[Weepingguitar]

hi Weepinguitar (interesting nickname!)

i need to read more Haiku, i've not seen any like yours before.

Lol hey ^_^ Yeah I like to keep them interesting ^_^

 

[wildsweetone]

interesting is right. lol do you write other poetry too?

 

[Weepingguitar]

interesting is right. lol do you write other poetry too?

I used to, but then I spent waaaaay too much time studying it in college and got kinda burnt out.

 

[My Erotic Trail]

lol how am i going to learn about other Haiku if you guys keep quoting my own stuff??? lol

i'm beginning to get the feeling there's only a few of us who write Haiku.

maybe we should have a Haiku Contest!

Lauren had what they called SHOOT OUTS. I would love to see another, I made one called Dueling Samurai, jim was one of the HAIKU judges. Two or more, meet on a certain night, like a friday night, you have 30 minutes to write a haiku, a judge picks the topic and lays it out at a certain time ...example 8.00pm and at 8;30 they must turn in there poem. The three judges have 24 hours to post their results. The next night the votes are displayed. It was thrilling. The one lauren had (the shoot out) was any style poem. It was hard to write within the time frame on a topic tossed at you, hers was "What is poetry" and you couldn't use certain words like poetry, mind, and some others (a list) I wrote P*e*r*?

Any one for some Haiku-fu?

 

[Liar]

The Old Pond - variations
very interesting aren't they?

Thanks! It's not the same article and collection I read, but some of these are great.

'Dere wasa dis frogg
Gone jumpa offa da logg
Now he inna bogg.'

Beautiful.

 

[wildsweetone]

Thanks! It's not the same article and collection I read, but some of these are great.

'Dere wasa dis frogg
Gone jumpa offa da logg
Now he inna bogg.'

Beautiful.

you know, i just knew you were going to mention that one out loud.

 

[wildsweetone]

Lauren had what they called SHOOT OUTS. I would love to see another, I made one called Dueling Samurai, jim was one of the HAIKU judges. Two or more, meet on a certain night, like a friday night, you have 30 minutes to write a haiku, a judge picks the topic and lays it out at a certain time ...example 8.00pm and at 8;30 they must turn in there poem. The three judges have 24 hours to post their results. The next night the votes are displayed. It was thrilling. The one lauren had (the shoot out) was any style poem. It was hard to write within the time frame on a topic tossed at you, hers was "What is poetry" and you couldn't use certain words like poetry, mind, and some others (a list) I wrote P*e*r*?

Any one for some Haiku-fu?

it sounds like a cool idea! except i need another six months to get this form where i want it.

 

[My Erotic Trail]

Thanks! It's not the same article and collection I read, but some of these are great.

'Dere wasa dis frogg
Gone jumpa offa da logg
Now he inna bogg.'

Beautiful.

laughing, I am gonna have to recite that one <grin

 

[My Erotic Trail]

it sounds like a cool idea! except i need another six months to get this form where i want it.

once ya get there, whatcha' gonna do?

 

[wildsweetone]

i dunno.

wear a satisfied smirk for a day?

good point though, what is the point to knowing how to do this stuff?

actually, the answer for me is not so much knowing how to write Haiku, more that it's knowing how to 'feel' Haiku, at one with nature. and stuff.

 

[My Erotic Trail]

i dunno.

wear a satisfied smirk for a day?

good point though, what is the point to knowing how to do this stuff?

actually, the answer for me is not so much knowing how to write Haiku, more that it's knowing how to 'feel' Haiku, at one with nature. and stuff.

In order to be a chess master you must play some chess. In order to be a ball player you have to play a few games. In order to...well you get the picture <grin