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The falling blossoms
Look at them, it is the storm
That is chasing them
The sensory language of Haiku-poetry…a Japanese lyrical art-form from the 1600’s.
Haiku-poetry exhibits a rigid 5-7-5 structure and does not have to rhyme. It is very precise in it’s expression of nature and of feelings, always placed in the present tense, and contains very few words. The omission of a single element would result in the verse “falling apart”, losing it’s meaning.
There is no place for abstract imagery within the Haiku universe. Its language is short and precise and leaves the reader with no doubt as to its meaning.
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is often considered ”the father” of Haiku but it is not known exactly when the first haiku was written. The earliest examples of haiku-like verses are in the 1235 Hyakunin Isshu anthology, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika.
In this example of the pre-Haiku era, the first kana is of course at the top of the perpendicular, but the text is in just one line and not in the rigid 5-7-5 structure of Haiku. (No rules without exceptions).
The falling blossoms
Look at them, it is the storm
That is chasing them
(Translation by Henderson).
Enjoy my pictorial interpretation…..
See my Haiku album here:
18-392
The falling blossoms
Look at them, it is the storm
That is chasing them
The sensory language of Haiku-poetry…a Japanese lyrical art-form from the 1600’s.
Haiku-poetry exhibits a rigid 5-7-5 structure and does not have to rhyme. It is very precise in it’s expression of nature and of feelings, always placed in the present tense, and contains very few words. The omission of a single element would result in the verse “falling apart”, losing it’s meaning.
There is no place for abstract imagery within the Haiku universe. Its language is short and precise and leaves the reader with no doubt as to its meaning.
Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) is often considered ”the father” of Haiku but it is not known exactly when the first haiku was written. The earliest examples of haiku-like verses are in the 1235 Hyakunin Isshu anthology, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika.
In this example of the pre-Haiku era, the first kana is of course at the top of the perpendicular, but the text is in just one line and not in the rigid 5-7-5 structure of Haiku. (No rules without exceptions).
The falling blossoms
Look at them, it is the storm
That is chasing them
(Translation by Henderson).
Enjoy my pictorial interpretation…..
See my Haiku album here: