All about Haiku and Senryu for Sunday, January 15, 2006

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Sunday, January 15, 2006

What is haiku?

Merrium-Webster dictionary describes haiku as: An unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing usually 5, 7, and 5 syllables.....a poem in this form usually has a seasonal reference. Sign in to see full entry.

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haiku about my children....

....when they were younger..... Night’s globe shines golden, glowing cheery masquerade— “It’s sun, Mommy! Sun!” Sign in to see full entry.

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There were several years in my life (when I had two or more children in diapers) that I only wrote Japanese forms. Why? Mostly because I could carry a poem around in my head and revise and rewrite it while whirling through very full days. Once I had time to actually sit down and write again, I realized that writing haiku, senyru and tanka had transformed all of my writing in whatever form I chose to write: Everything I wrote was more crystalized and clear and powerful.

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