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NO JAPANESE HOKKU, THANK YOU!
Chiyo-ni, in one of her best hokku, wrote: Low tide; Everything picked up Is moving! The key point in reading hokku — in “getting” hokku — is that all the poetry, all the signi… more »
HOKKU
Cardboard Boxes
HappyKlam wrote 4 days ago: We’re making the shareholders of Container Store a tad happier this quarter: It’s cardbo … more »
NO JAPANESE HOKKU, THANK YOU!
hokku wrote 2 weeks ago: Chiyo-ni, in one of her best hokku, wrote: Low tide; Everything picked up Is moving! The key point i … more »
USING THE RIGHT TOOL
hokku wrote 2 weeks ago: Cooks and craftsmen know that it is important to choose the right tool for the right job. The same … more »
WRITINGS ON HOKKU
hokku wrote 2 weeks ago: Here are some miscellaneous writings on hokku from about four years ago, written largely in the seas … more »
Wabi Sabi
sofennell wrote 2 weeks ago: WisteriaOriginally uploaded by SOFennell One of my classroom topics last week and this was Wabi Sa … more »
LEARNING FROM ONITSURA
hokku wrote 2 weeks ago: Often overlooked by beginners is the fact that hokku have styles. Perhaps most obvious is how th … more »
Haiku
hanifnorman wrote 3 weeks ago: Haiku is the most famous form of poetry to come from Japan and is probably the shortest type of … more »
BRIEF AND LASTING
hokku wrote 3 weeks ago: In hokku we often find a “lasting” element combined with a brief element. For example … more »
Haiku Sonnet: Waiting for You
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joefelso wrote 3 weeks ago: Afternoon dwindles: the sky gathers birds flying to some unseen rest, the evening sun amasses on su … more »
ZEN AND HOKKU
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hokku wrote 3 weeks ago: It has become quite fashionable in modern haiku to disparage R. H. Blyth’s strong emphasis on … more »
Some Spring shots
dailywalks wrote 3 weeks ago: “And oh, deciding to soul-search while the sakura (cherry blossom) is in full bloom really he … more »
3 Poetry Books of Recent Aquisition
Remy wrote 1 month ago: Sea Change -Jorie Graham God Particle -Thomas Lux Basho -the Complete Poems (review copy) … more »
HOKKU AND THE SEASONS
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hokku wrote 1 month ago: Hokku has a very intimate connection with the seasons. Everything that happens in hokku takes plac … more »
WHY HOKKU IS NOT HAIKU
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hokku wrote 1 month ago: Given the unfortunate prevalence of confusion, one cannot repeat often enough that all the writers a … more »
MORE TYPES OF HOKKU
hokku wrote 1 month ago: Adding to the variety of hokku types, there is one we might call “Also / Even.” Such ver … more »
THE POETRY OF AVOIDING POETRY
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hokku wrote 1 month ago: For a long time it was thought that a great and impressive subject was necessary for poetry — … more »
YIN AND YANG IN HOKKU
hokku wrote 1 month ago: Hokku pays particular attention to the cycles of Nature. Within these cycles it recognizes the int … more »
BASIC HOKKU -- A SUMMARY FOR STUDENTS
hokku wrote 1 month ago: Here is a summary (written for students) of the main points of hokku as I teach it: FORM: Hokku gene … more »
Haikuschmaiku: Coloring Outside the Lines
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Scot wrote 1 month ago: no publish haiku say I broke established rules of Japanese art so pissing in a dirty urinal is not … more »
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