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are invited to
write your own haiku
in the COMMENTS
and/or translate
my Malay haiku into
English or Japanese etc. Thank you very much.
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Intro
to Haiku
Haiku is a Japanese verse
form that relies on brevity and simplicity
to convey its message. It is usually three
lines of five, seven, and five syllables,
and frequently includes natural images or
themes. It is believed to have been first
written in the seventeenth century and is
based on a Zen Buddhist philosophy of
simplicity and the idea of perfection that
excludes the extraneous.
Haiku consists of three lines of five,
seven, and five syllables. For example: Morning light appears (five syllables)
The new day has awoken (seven syllables)
Nature stirs and sighs (five syllables)
What
is Haiku
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
What
to write about?
Haiku-poems
can describe almost anything, but you seldom find themes
which are too complicated for normal PEOPLE's recognition
and understanding. Some of the most thrilling Haiku-poems
describe daily situations in a way that gives the reader a
brand new experience of a well-known situation.
The
technique of cutting
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. To make this cutting in english, either the first or
the second line ends normally with a colon, long dash or
ellipsis.
The
seasonal theme
Each
Haiku must contain a kigo, a season word, which indicate in
which season the Haiku is set. For example, cherry blossoms
indicate spring, snow indicate winter, and mosquitoes
indicate summer, but the season word isn't always that
obvious.