This thread is for those of us haiku poetically inclined and so gifted (per Wikipedia: Haiku - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)...
Haiku (俳句, listen (help·info), haikai verse?) (plural: haiku) is a very short form of Japanese poetry. It is typically characterised by three qualities:
In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line while haiku in English often appear in three lines to parallel the three phrases of Japanese haiku.
Haiku (俳句, listen (help·info), haikai verse?) (plural: haiku) is a very short form of Japanese poetry. It is typically characterised by three qualities:
- The essence of haiku is "cutting" (kiru). This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a kireji ("cutting word") between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colors the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.
- Traditional haiku consist of 17 on (also known as morae), in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 on respectively.
- A kigo (seasonal reference), usually drawn from a saijiki, an extensive but defined list of such words.
In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line while haiku in English often appear in three lines to parallel the three phrases of Japanese haiku.