ARTS: What is a haiku?

[Kokuu]

Hi all

A lovely short article from The Haiku Foundation (https://thehaikufoundation.org):

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):

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[happy]

Gassho, Tomás
Sat&LaH

[Koushi]

Hi all

A lovely short article from The Haiku Foundation (https://thehaikufoundation.org):

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

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-

This was wonderful, thank you for sharing gassho1

Gassho,
Jesse
ST

[Seikan]

Thank you for the refresher Kokuu! gassho2

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/showthread.php?16849-Your-Haiku%21

This is a nice piece by my friend Alan Summers on writing in 5-7-5: http://area17.blogspot.com/2016/03/575haiku-traditional-haiku-as-three.html

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

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday-