It’s time for a new literary challenge on Caedes! I think writing Haiku would be both interesting and a challenge. The information below is from (http://home.clara.net/pka/haiku/haiku.htm).
Haiku is a form of poetry popular in Japan, which is becoming more widely appreciated around the world in this century. Haiku writers are challenged to convey a vivid impression in only 17 syllables. Each ‘Haiku’ is divided into 3 lines, of 5 – 7 – 5 syllables.
One of the greatest exponents of this form was Basho (1644-94)
A Haiku by Basho
Waterjar cracks:
I lie awake
This icy night.
In Japan these poems are valued for:
• Their lightness
• Their simplicity
• Their openness
• Their depth
:: PLEASE NOTE :: For variety and interest’s sake – please post between 1-3 Haiku at a time. Really long posts will spoil the very simple and elegant nature of Haiku!
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.
Chinese Proverb........I think you'll really like Chinese Lion. roar.
It's a good place to start (5-7-5) but I read somewhere that, as long as the middle line is longer than the other two, it doesn't matter. Also there are two elements we are meant to try and incorporate -- (1) nature (especially the season or possibly time of day) and (2) an 'aha' moment and some form of surprise or contrast.
I feel that so long as we're having fun, we don't have to be dogmatic about it, but it's worth keeping in mind to see if we can push the haiku along in that direction.
I liked what the following article said about the line lengths of haiku... I found it a few weeks ago when writing to someone about it but was too stupid to bookmark the article! It took me a little searching to find again; usually you have to remember exactly what your Google search term was in the first place... in this case it was something like 'haiku easier to write', heh. :-)
Some haikus just never sound right, do they... it takes days, and sometimes I have to change a line or word I thought was set in stone.
young Montalbano stalking murder dark and foul eases the day's end
I reckon this whole 'earworm' thing is bigger than just music... it covers films and books as well. All these things get under your skin and you suffer cravings. The BBC seemed to sense me thinking about Montalbano, and bingo! He appears. Perhaps it's just that time of year. :-)
Ahh, how I wished I had access to BBC tv programs! We get them a year or two later, across the pond. So Montalbano is not someone I'm familiar with! lol
Plural of 'haiku' is 'haiku', so maybe I should change that habit of mine. Though...
Just checked -- 'haikus' still acceptable. Makes it clear we're referring to several haikus rather than just one, so I prefer to stick with that, personally.
fussy insistence haiku-haikus contention I will not challenge :-P
it got dark at noon clouds gathered in misty chill all our summer gone
That said... we are lucky to have this kind of climate, along with what promises to be a genuinely atmospheric Halloween! From what I hear, others are suffering in roasting heat in surroundings as dry as tinder.
Will send everyone buckets of wet cloud... it worked for Hannah.
It's something to do when we can't sleep -- but it's funny how some work quite quickly, and others are awful no matter what I do. Well, on with the next one...
If you'd only waited another eight days before posting this! Then I would have been able to point out it's exactly 8 years since you last posted in this thread.
Though I wish I hadn't, now. Where did the time go??
(p.s. The above is not exactly the correct use of that invoking the intended tone of that expression. It is usually used to reference things, stuff.. that might initially seem to defy being a real-life possibility.. and typically, in a somewhat snarky, sarcastic and/or humorous way.)
Ah, I get it now! Just wondered if maybe somebody really said "Words... they're a thing," so I was wondering what I was missing. My antennae were pointing the wrong way, in other words.
Was that your haiku, by the way?
almost eight years... time is a thing, Moley! a fast moving thing!
My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
Haiku is a form of poetry popular in Japan, which is becoming more widely appreciated around the world in this century. Haiku writers are challenged to convey a vivid impression in only 17 syllables. Each ‘Haiku’ is divided into 3 lines, of 5 – 7 – 5 syllables.
One of the greatest exponents of this form was Basho (1644-94)
A Haiku by Basho
Waterjar cracks:
I lie awake
This icy night.
In Japan these poems are valued for:
• Their lightness
• Their simplicity
• Their openness
• Their depth
:: PLEASE NOTE :: For variety and interest’s sake – please post between 1-3 Haiku at a time. Really long posts will spoil the very simple and elegant nature of Haiku!
Enjoy and remember 5-7-5 syllables!
My first attempt:
Land no water:
Dry winds blow over
Rain can heal