Monday, September 19, 2016

Kerri Shying R # 85 Twee


Twee

just one note
short of tweed it
itches places ought to glide

4 comments:

  1. okay I'm gonna come right out and say the brutal fact ---

    this isn't a haiku

    this is a two line epigram of the quip style with a challenging line break

    just one note short of tweed
    it itches places ought to glide

    haiku don't have titles
    (neither do epigrams)

    haiku involve the natural world
    haiku evoke a moment (the here-and-now)

    actually there are a lot of other things haiku don't do, but I'm just listing the relevant one here

    if you don't want nature, write senryu
    (haiku about people more or less, generally a little dark)

    in closing I confess having been guilt of every single sin here mentioned, so
    I'd like to think yr in good company -- but that's a matter of opinion

    pointers --

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  2. I had no idea you wrote this publically, I thought it was just a private message Kit! Yes. I am no good at Haiku. Got it.

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  3. that was not what I was saying at all, Kerri, and I am sorry if you got that impression, but probably the private discussion is a better idea

    I will just say though that I think epigrams and senryu are every bit as important and valid and challenging as haiku

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