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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore 
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Why is it that a haiku can't be rhymed? How do you write a free-form haiku?is it up to the poet's discretion or are there still some rules which you have to follow? will you consider animals as part of nature? is there such a thing as a haiku-senyru?that is, a natural scene sets you writing some philosophical stuff when will we have a haiku/tanka/senyru forum? thanx for ur help in advance   |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
looking back at these questions, i realise that we wont have a haiku/senryu/tanka forum... i believe animals are part of nature... what i mean by free-form haiku is that why do most of the haiku i read not follow the 5-7-5 syllable count?....i think you can write a haiku with less than 17 syllables but i too think theres a school of thought which preaches that those poems which do not follow 5-7-5 count CANT be counted as haiku...CONFUSED here eager to hear some thoughts.... |
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
kaile - Did ya ever feel like you were talking to yourself??...  You're right - there are a couple of schools of thought on this issue. Traditionalists say you need to adhere to format - Liberalists disagree... It's similar in other formatted poetry, such as the sonnet, the villanelle, the pantoum, & others... My personal opinion is that you need to know how to follow the rules properly before you can break them properly... Ergo - my workshops are designed to teach the standard formats of poetic works... One of our most proficient haikuists here at Passions is Beki - Very few people are aware of that, as she doesn't post all that often... She's been around a bit lately, though... Maybe we could get some input from her... |
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