I’m on Day 23 (‘NaPoWriMo2022) and the sound
Of my poetical efforts profound
Writing haiku, Shadorma, Cento, Cinquain and Glosa
The next Poet Laureate’s found.😁
As Haiku are forms of poetic expressions in their own right, I have split Miffy's tangential Haiku off from the Limerick thread, so that they may have their own, distinct expression.
Rules: I am posting a link to the Wiki's Haiku in English page, which prospective, budding poets might find of interest. Typical characteristics are, according to that Wiki page:
Some additional traits are especially associated with English-language haiku (as opposed to Japanese-language haiku):
a three-line format with 17 syllables arranged in a 5–7–5 pattern. However, many contemporary haiku poets work in poems containing 10 to 14 syllables, which more nearly approximates the duration of a Japanese haiku. Usually, the second line is the longest. Some poets want their haiku to be expressed in one breath.
little or no punctuation or capitalization, except that cuts are sometimes marked with dashes or ellipses and proper nouns are usually capitalized
For further typical themes and stylistic points, I refer the poetically minded to the link above. I hope that will help. If anyone is aware of better instructions, feel free to let us know.
(The rules seem less clear and less stringent for a Haiku than for a Limerick, but purists may disagree.)
By the way, just to add to the earlier explanation, but I think the common structure for a haiku is that the first line sets up a static sort of scene, the second line describes something happening in the scene, and the third describes the sensations resulting from the occurence in the second line.
For example, the old classic(rendered into my own words for copyright reasons)...
Ancient forest pond
In hops a frog suddenly
Quiet splashing sound
Not that I'm saying everyone has to follow this template, just that it is part of the classic template.
Sorry, I didn't mean to repeat the word "template" there. After decades of making that particular mistake, I should know now not to take a break from writing in the middle of a sentence.
Stetson, those are good ones, as a good haiku is not just a matter of counting syllables, but delivering a fresh perception, sometimes discordantly. Thus Basho's old pond haiku, "old pond/frog leaps in/water's sound", (various translations), makes us jump from perception to perception. See also Hokusai's haiku, "I write, erase, rewrite/erase again/and then a poppy blooms".
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I’m on Day 23 (‘NaPoWriMo2022) and the sound
Of my poetical efforts profound
Writing haiku, Shadorma, Cento, Cinquain and Glosa
The next Poet Laureate’s found.😁
Rules: I am posting a link to the Wiki's Haiku in English page, which prospective, budding poets might find of interest. Typical characteristics are, according to that Wiki page:
For further typical themes and stylistic points, I refer the poetically minded to the link above. I hope that will help. If anyone is aware of better instructions, feel free to let us know.
(The rules seem less clear and less stringent for a Haiku than for a Limerick, but purists may disagree.)
Have fun!
Wesley J, Circus Host
haiku we sail on smoothly
Don’t lower the tone!
the level of intellect
inspiring great works
In Heaven’s portals
a host creeps, incognito
………………………….(fill in line, 5 syllables)
For example, the old classic(rendered into my own words for copyright reasons)...
Ancient forest pond
In hops a frog suddenly
Quiet splashing sound
Not that I'm saying everyone has to follow this template, just that it is part of the classic template.
Haiku thread spells happiness
Sweet sounds of snoring
Lucifer's imps bundle up
Hell is very quiet
Bunny pines for robustness
Cue unfulfillment
Well said.🙂
Bunny has shades of
Flowers, Springtime and Easter eggs
Cue chocolate orgy
Gliding out of the platform
…………..,
Gliding out of the platform
Smooth metallic hum
Light snowfall touches the glass...
Thanks!
FWIW, Allen Ginsberg did a bluegrass tune based on the "old pond" haiku back in the 80s. You can find it on YouTube: "Allen Ginsberg old pond".
Petals on a wet black bough".
Ezra Pound.
And, of course, William Carlos Williams and his plums in the ice box. Not technically a haiku, but in the same overall spirit.