Of course, I forgot the most important: Haiku is an art, not a science.You may be able to make it into a sience by analyzing various haiku. That’s what I tried. That is like taking all the petals from a flower to see where the beauty lies. Also, I forgot that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. I am the viewer. I am to blame if I don’t see the beauty.
So, after having read some of the Penguin Book of Haiku, I can say that a good Haiku is up the the reader, although not whatever can be called a Haiku.
Let me only give some good examples of haiku. Good, because they have been published. There is a procedure that guarantees quality in publication. I have chosen some haiku written by Alan Summers, for several reasons:
– He is well known in the Haiku society
– He has taught Haiku for a long time
– He is still humble enough to say:” I am learning.”
The examples come here:
why didn’t I
the blue in her eyes
cutting string
Alan Summers. Publication credit: Sonic Boom, Issue Thirteen 2018
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smooth coins
how we slip away
into blue velvet
Alan Summers
The Haiku Foundation HAIKU DIALOGUE – a smooth coin
ed. Craig Kittner (February 2019)
I particularly enjoyed the second one I could just imagine pennies be a ING dropped into a blue velvet bag
Your comment adds to the value of the haiku. Thanks!
A good haiku to me is always the one you keep coming back.
Often good haiku get rejected only because the publisher looking for something else or has his /hers personal liking. Just because your ku been rejected doesn’t mean it’s not good . Submit elsewhere and establish good relationship with a publisher
Haiku like gardening lots of patience and attendance.
I’m glad you continue your haiku journey.And yes we are all still learning.
Thank you for good examples of the haiku. I enjoy second one simply because I can relate to it.
You are totally right! Although I have not yet tried any haiku for publication, I know that it doesn’t suffice for a haiku to be”good” for it to be published.But why shouldwe publish? Isn’t it enough to write, and to enjoy the haiku offered in all the haiku groups that exist?