Haiku is one of the most important form of traditional Japanese poetry. Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Since early days, there has been confusion between the three related terms Haiku, Hokku and Haikai. The term hokku literally means "starting verse", and was the first starting link of a much longer chain of verses known as haika. Because the hokku set the tone for the rest of the poetic chain, it enjoyed a privileged position in haikai poetry, and it was not uncommon for a poet to compose a hokku by itself without following up with the rest of the chain....
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Haiku mind
soaking through
red grass
~Mitsu Suzuki
oh well, i see i bloody started this group way back when - much apologies. Another good quote, if not exactly haiku: :Life is what's happening to you while you're busy making other plans..." -John Lennon
Now, if I can just remain online, w/o going to library, I have returned via
the whimsical ways of the world & see i have bookmarked this site, & am
ready to pay attention now. You MUST forgive me!!! (or what?) :-)
aflow-the-flow
ps (& that's a promise!)
;-)
This ruined temple
should have its sad tale told only
by a clam digger
-Basho http://thegreenleaf.co.uk/hp/basho/00bashohaiku.htm
very tasty dead haiku poet
(originals later if possible)
:-)
hey ho Ak hoya! You seem to think i am "out of commission"? Or too old & forgot everything? Hahahahahaha! <ahem> - no dice. Do I have time right this sec? yes (whilst patiently waiting for new netbook so new Amazon's seller's account does not go down tubese Let me get right back to yall w/
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Eyeless Fairy
08/24/10|3:33 pm
January embers
My heart burns there too
aflow
08/23/10|7:45 pm
croaking all night, power cuts
Keep her awake too.
~some guy or gal who has asked not to be identified...
http://elekhni.com/2008/07/haiku-for-everyday-life/
aflow
08/23/10|1:45 pm
one gets a rest
from moon-viewing
~Basho
aflow
08/23/10|1:02 pm
special fruit be
cause they have apeel.
anonymous
(oops! not a haiku - sorry about that!)
:-)
aflow
08/23/10|12:57 pm
Come this way to my house,
So says the host of a wayside inn.
~Basho
aflow
08/23/10|12:55 pm
Now, if I can just remain online, w/o going to library, I have returned via
the whimsical ways of the world & see i have bookmarked this site, & am
ready to pay attention now. You MUST forgive me!!! (or what?) :-)
aflow-the-flow
ps (& that's a promise!)
;-)
aflow
08/23/10|12:48 pm
should have its sad tale told only
by a clam digger
-Basho http://thegreenleaf.co.uk/hp/basho/00bashohaiku.htm
very tasty dead haiku poet
(originals later if possible)
:-)
textbook
03/15/10|3:57 pm
'Late August
I give him my garden
In my skirt.'
Sam
03/15/10|11:40 am
Practice your obedience
Uniformity
Akhoya
03/15/10|8:00 am
but few comment in response.
Haiku buffs are sad.
aflow
08/23/10|12:45 pm
Catalyst
03/14/10|7:39 pm
traveling in this circle
we need something new
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