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Comment by Catrina Heart on December 2, 2009 at 4:10pm

I want to learn more about haiku...and be a part of it (someday)....as i am always amaze how it is written and the beauty of the breavity of it...

Comment by howard L. Kern on November 22, 2009 at 3:58am

Mind you this is only one persons school of thought. I was taught in college by a great poet and PhD. of English that a Traditional Haiku related something in nature to something of human nature, in the 5-7-5 format, and is often very cynical. I also like Tanka's it gives you the extra two lines to bring home the thought with clarity.

Comment by JOmark M. Baynado on November 14, 2009 at 6:41pm

hello!
i want to be a member of your group
i love haiku and tanka as well

Comment by Ram Krishna Singh on October 13, 2009 at 11:58pm

Hi, I'm R. K. SINGH. Have been writing haiku/senryu for over three decades. Have also published a couple of volume of my haiku and tanka. The latest collection is named THE RIVER RETURNS. Would love to share my haiku on this forum too.
R K

Comment by Jennifer A. Jilks on June 9, 2009 at 11:07pm

I would not trust that which a teacher presents in a classroom as a stream of biblical thought!

So often we must dilute what we present to present it at the cognitive level at which a child can play with the language.

That said, (see: E. St Jacques for more examples).

# include only references to some aspect of human nature (physical or psychological)
# or to human artifacts
# possesses no references to the natural world
# has no season words
# subject: foibles
# darkly humorous
# often cynical

Comment by Jennifer A. Jilks on May 15, 2009 at 8:24pm

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!

Comment by ivie dixon on May 8, 2009 at 2:27pm

hi ! my name is ivie and i'm brand new here. i have read all the posts, and this is how it was explained to me. My son was in 3rd grade, and learned about the writing styles in his language arts studies. my son is literally a scholar, so i trust his retainment of information. it went like this as well:
Comment by poetrydances on April 11, 2009 at 5:50pm
From what I have read senryu is in the same style as haiku - but is reflective of people/human nature etc as opposed to the great outdoors.
so that's my take on it, isn't being a writer a blast?!?
yours,
ivie doe
;)

Comment by Melanie Bishop on April 17, 2009 at 2:16am

Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:04 PM


did you love me then
or was that yesterdays dream
do I love you now

I had forgotten
your eyes were the deepest blue
like the sea at storm

I had forgotten
your smile so shy so very sweet
all has now faded

Comment by poetrydances on April 11, 2009 at 5:50pm

From what I have read senryu is in the same style as haiku - but is reflective of people/human nature etc as opposed to the great outdoors.

Comment by Teresa Mahieu on April 11, 2009 at 4:16am

Jack, I would think it would depend on the writers definition of seasons and nature. I feel there are many seasons within nature and nature is seasonal. (Now I've confused myself!!)

I found an interesting site by Jane Reichhold with a lot of discussion on the haiku form and many links to other haiku sites.
I think the link is worth sharing here with The KU members.
http://www.ahapoetry.com/index.html

I feel I am still studying and learning and find staying within the 5-7-5 challenging. Whatever the subject be, nature or emotions or life or love, etc. if it fits within the form would it not be a haiku? And if not then I must study further, the senryu maybe. Which by the way, until meeting Jack I had never seen the word senryu. Like I said, I'm still learning. Up to now though I had thought a haiku was about the outdoors. Grass, trees, birds and such; yet I've seen many that were on other subject lines. I wonder now if my poem written for the AC haiku challenge is a haiku after all.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1636851/poetry_challenge_haiku.html?cat=42
Lots to think about.

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