21 sats \ 2 replies \ @carlosfandango OP 16 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Weekly haiku round up meta
That’s all in eye/ear of the reader…
Traditionally it would be 5,7,5 syllable 3 line structure (I try and adhere to this) and would include observations/exclamations/reflections rooted in the natural world in the style of Basho et al. However I take my inspiration from Kerouac and his contemporaries and therefore any topic is fair game. Does that help? What do you want to write it about?
write
preview
33 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 16 Oct 2023
Thanks, found a good quote from Kerouac about them
“Above all, a haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and make a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi pastorella.” -Jack Kerouac
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @carlosfandango OP 16 Oct 2023
And as usual the words from the man himself say more than I ever could.
Allen Ginsberg said Kerouac was the only person in the US who knew how to write haiku.
reply