How do we write haiku? I myself start with an observation or an idea and play around with words to condense the idea into a \u201cku\u201d. Let me take two haiku, generated from the same observation and see how the end result differs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I choose the idea \u201cmorning fog\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One writer presented the following shahai (haiku written to a photo) on that topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
magicians lake house,
disappears every morning;
foggy illusions ~<\/p>\n\n\n\n
epc 1956- Ed Crowley<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Photo by dbn dixie <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Another one was made by me, made into a haibun, i.e. a short paragraph followed by a haiku:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It happens that I have to get up early in the morning. In sunrise, at half past 3, I met a sight that covered the whole nature around me. It had disappeared when I finally rose, but it is still in my memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
morning fog clouds
leave shimmering twigs
lake lies still<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now to my experience of the haiku:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The idea that a house disappears every morning is mind boggling and still quite comprehensible, since it is the magician\u2019s house. I remember that haiku can be playful in many ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My own haiku is more \u2018awe\u2019 inspired. I chose words to alliterate, not for play but for beauty,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still I am more attracted by Ed\u2019s haiku. Any thoughts about this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is obvious that publishers cannot be the only judges of the quality of Haiku. We are all as haiku readers affected by a good haiku as well as puzzled by a \u201cnonsense\u201d haiku or, more seldom, put off by a \u201cbad\u201d haiku. From idea to poem How do we write haiku? I myself start … Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa Examples of diffeRENT Expressions<\/span>