Sunday 22 February 2009

Haiku on Snow

There are some debates about the 5-7-5 framework for Haiku. A comparison and discussion on the number of Japanese symbols, vs. English syllables.

Haiku: (for more information) Please also see Michael's Ten Tips for Writing Haiku.
He says, in part:
  • Does your poem have a season word?
  • Does it have the two-part juxtapositional structure?
  • Do you use objective sensory imagery?

That said... a poem can be short/long, fat/skinny, descriptive/contemplative, rhyming or rhythmic. By all means, it should be succinct - an issue with which I deal daily!


horizontal flakes
wind driving fearful fury--
flees Spring eternal

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