How to write a haiku As we have mentioned earlier, due to differences between the Japanese and English languages, there are some variations in the haiku. You can say that the haiku is somewhat lost in translation. While modern Western poets have deviated from the 5-7-5 rule, the essence ...
Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred. There are online computerized systems for generating random haiku-like verse; there are "Spamku," (verses devoted to the processed, canned meat) as well as many other clever variations on the brevity of the haiku form. Witty haiku, of...
. The newly-crowned monarch rules for the day, giving (hopefully good-natured!) orders to all family members who join in the make-believe fun. How to capture all this in 17–or fewer–syllables?? Frangipane fragrance Wafting warm from the oven— Who will win the crown? Photo of the ...
★ “Haiku on Steroids”— An advanced generative workshop that explores rule-breaking, taboo topics, and other creative and energizing approaches to writing and appreciating haiku. What did Bashō mean by “Learn the rules and then forget them”? What do you have to learn, and how do you ...
Quotations on Gendai Haiku, Pro and Con “The absurd does not liberate; it binds.” —Albert Camus “Readers should not be loaded with more information and guidance than a lively mind needs—puzzlement can be accepted, but insulting clarity is fatal to a poem.” —William Stafford “This ...