This week I am having a crack at not being weird and odd when it comes to my itsy bitsy japanese poems.
Wind through the tree tops
Gate ajar banging all night
land swept clean at dawn
Did yo know there are more rules than just the 5/7/5? Oh yeah there are tons of the chuffing things like:
- a focus on some aspect of nature or the seasons
- division into two asymmetrical sections, usually with a cut at the end of the first or second section, creating a juxtaposition of two subjects (e.g. something large and something small, something natural and something human-made, two unexpectedly similar things, etc.)
- a contemplative or wistful tone and an impressionistic brevity
- imagery predominates over ideas and statements, so that meaning is typically suggestive, requiring reader participation
- avoidance of metaphor and similes
- non-rhyming lines
But it’s no fun following rules. Be free! Be wild! Be a rule breaker! Wait! You already are! 🙂
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Who knew there were all those rules for a simple haiku?
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too much to think about for me! 🙂
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Nice! 🙂
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Thanks Beckie
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I know what u mean…ill just stick with 5-7-5
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Mostly i just ignore the buggers . far too much to consider 🙂
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Lol …indeed they are there to be ignored !
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Didn’t know that … by the time you work around those rules, you might forget what you wanted to say. 🙂
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5-7-5 is all i can manage most days !
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I’m not a fan of all those pesky rules either. Nice haiku!
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Down with the rules I reckon lol
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