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Sometimes with haiku...
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:25 pm
by cameron
Sometimes with haiku
We discover that less is
Actually less.
Re: Sometimes with haiku...
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2021 5:36 pm
by Firebird
Yes, it certainly is. And I suppose your point is here that it is with this haiku.
Very droll.
Enjoyed.
Cheers,
Tristan
Re: Sometimes with haiku...
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:29 am
by cameron
Thanks for responding Tristan. Yes, Twitter is awash with haiku at the moment and many are lacklustre to say the least. This is another playful piece and does, hopefully, leave the reader a little deflated to make a point.
I love haiku so like to see good ones. And also correct syllables.
Cheers
Cam
Re: Sometimes with haiku...
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2021 10:55 am
by Firebird
And also correct syllables.
I’m disappointed to hear that. As I don’t believe the 5/7/5 form adds anything to haikus written in English. The Haiku Society of America (https://www.hsa-haiku.org/) has almost abandoned it completely, and if you read most of the modern translations of Basho/Issa they do not follow this form either.
All the time I pray to Buddha
I keep on
killing mosquitoes.
BY KOBAYASHI ISSA
TRANSLATED BY ROBERT HASS
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issa
Cheers,
Tristan