“Tradditional Japanese Haiku where nature/seasons are the main topics.”
“Modern/Contemporary haikus talk of ordinary things.”
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Is this why this should be two separate poems? Because of I shouldn’t use the season of SUMMER with SHOPPING?
I was attempting this: Haiku-poems consist of respectively 5, 7 and 5 syllables in three units. In japanese, this convention is a must, but in english, which has variation in the length of syllables, this can sometime be difficult
The cutting divides the Haiku into two parts, with a certain imaginative distance between the two sections, but the two sections must remain, to a degree, independent of each other. Both sections must enrich the understanding of the other.
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“Professor Joseph Adams, lecturer at Washington D.C.University, addressed the International Society of Poets Symposium on the topic of Haiku, in 1998. He insists these forms should be given other names, and was emphatic about the 5, 7, 5, three line count.”
Anyway…I have been reading and reading, and the more I read, the less I know! Ha!
Other guidelines for Haiku writers:
Haiku does not use titles. The first line is used for reference purposes. The words of the Haiku should stand on their own.
Haiku is always written in 3 lines. Tanka has an additional 2 lines of 7 syllables each with a line space after the Haiku section.
Haiku should contain a seasonal word or words that suggest a season.
Haiku does not use the contrivances of other poetic styles such as rhyme unless it happens naturally. It uses the natural flow of voice patterns.
Do not start each line with a capital letter unless this occurs naturally after punctuation. The use of enjambment (one line flowing on to the next) is preferable to short, staccato phrases.
Symbolic reference is often used in interpreting deeper meanings, e.g. reference to a crow may allude to death or a dove to peace. Some Haiku presents one image superimposed on another.
Haiku is rarely about individuals and does not often use the personal pronoun. There is a derivation of Haiku called SENRYU which does just that.
©Cassandra Crews