Hello hello Covers.
As I went back to post on Instagram,I so far have done story post with Haiku and Arostics.
I was reading this article and I wonder if anyone has opinions on Haiku.
Personally,this might be my favorite kind of poem to write,as it's short and straight to the point,which is what my earlier works weren't.Perhaps it's because while within rhyme structure,rhyme seem to be something I already got hang of.I enjoy ways to get wrong and ways to get right,as it allow me to grow as a poet.Some things I learn thanks to Rachel Oates as she briefly goes in to Haiku in her Lana Del Ray Poetry review,and Adam Gary Haiku video,made me aware of things I'm doing in Haiku and minus syllables,believe I get Haiku mostly wrong.Least I think.
Haiku i find are a great way to get into poetry has it simple in nature,yet difficult to master.
My first Instagram post of any kind was a Haiku and even though I experimented with Limericks and Arostics,Haiku is my favorite of the three.What I find is given its shorten nature,this allows reader to enjoy poem for what it is.I would like to say I found a way to do insta poetry and funny thing is,doing what I was doing,only adding more tools,since Instagram added new toys to play with.
In any case,Covers,what are your thoughts on Haikus?Any Haiku you written recently?And HAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIKKKKKKKKKKUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Apologies for delay response.
I like to at least look into things you mention,and no never knew Tanka exist.Its also a Japanese poem,that apparently doesn't rhyme.Or not supposed too anyway.
Makes me think about Japanese poems and how simple yet complex they really are.Might even do a series of Tanka Instagram Stories at some point this month.
I can see why you like Josie Alford.
She seems very educated on what she talks about and thanks to you,I'm given another poetry influencer to follow.
Can't wait to check out more of her work and do my first series of Tanka Instagram stories this month.
Thank you for your very insightful,yet beautiful response.Always given me something to think about in regards to poetry,so again thank you.
I'll be honest with you Bendy, I think haikus are an excellent form of poetry. I've encountered individuals who look at it from both perspectives of a childish way of writing or a complex art form. I find that it really challenges a person to focus on what they really want to say within a poem. So for those individuals who have a hard time writing shorter prose, this is the style of poetry I would recommend utilizing for practice.
Having said that, I personally side with haiku being extremely complex despite its simple "rules" as it were. The syllabic structure isn't much different than trying to maintain a Petrarchan sonnet or writing in iambic pentameter. Additionally, this style of prose is much more thematically involved than simply stating nature. Nature is a very broad subject matter. Traditionally the haiku was written with nature themes in mind (typically choosing one particular season and using words associated with that season), but in contemporary writing, this has changed. For example, you could write a poem about the city streets of New York, or how humans interact with the world around them. Both of which are technically associated with the natural order of things (though modernized). Also, not only does a haiku traditionally incorporate nature themes, but they usually revolve around a moral or aspect of human nature. So as you can imagine, there are many ways this style could be utilized.
Snow falls upon lake;
like slippers across thin ice,
cracks with every step.
Like this haiku, I made really quickly. It uses winter words and themes but tells a moral in the form of a metaphor with walking across thin ice.
Did you know there is another style similar to Haiku called Tanka? It is very similar but follows a different syllabic structure (5/7/7/5).
I like that you mentioned Rachel Oates because I absolutely adore her videos on poetry. She really has no problem being forthright, and I think that constructive criticism is what really cuts down the weeds of poets whose egos are hyperactive. Another channel worth looking at would be Josie Alford. She has such a fun energy about her, and I adore her accent!
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. Friedrich Nietzsche I don’t know enough to judge a haiku for it’s composition, beyond 5,7,5. But, if it sparks a scene in my mind then it’s slipped past the gates and I’m onboard. I enjoy long form poetry, I really do love a journey, but the best stories arent full of pages for me, no, it is the best pages that are full of stories.
Im new to this, so bear with me, but I see poetry as a window into a moment of memory, fractured by the poets ability to understand and express. Haiku may have simple rules, but it all comes down to the resolution of the poets expression. Too wide a brush and we fall off the edges. Too fine a point and we get lost in the cracks. If a poet can paint a whole thousand words somewhere in the middle of falling off and falling through then they have gifted us a masterpiece.
And regardless of the value we each give it, it will be art. Gives us allllllllll the covers! I hope you’ve written a whole pile of them this season. :)
well…I like it! It is definitely deceptive in its sophistication. When you learn about Haiku as the 5-7-5 poem, you think “well I could do that!” And you can. But to write a damn good haiku? Tough stuff. A haiku is meant to be poignant and has the elegance of a golden leaf floating to the ground, only to land on a puddle with barely a ripple in the surface.
Makes me think of the haiku battle between Sokka and the Haiku Master in the Avatar episode “Tales of Ba Sing Se.”
Sokka: “they call me Sokka / I am from the water tribe / I am not an oaf.”
Haiku master: “chittering monkey / in the spring he climbs treetops / and thinks himself tall.”
Sokka: “you think you’re so smart / with your fancy little words / this is not so hard.”
Haiku Master: “Whole seasons are spent / mastering the form, the style / none calls it easy.”