Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Before most of my beat era friends passed away, I used to go with them >to poetry readings. They would call them "blows", for the way they were >expelling out the words. >Slobodan Dimitrov Then there's the following mind-"blower" by Basho: The octopuses in the jars: Transient dreams Under the summer moon. Ho! And Slobodan, you're right about the Buddhist influence on haiku, which is permeated with it. There a beautiful discussion of it in Blyth's first volume of Haiku, which explores the influences of various Eastern cultures and philosophies (Buddhism, Zen, Taoism, Confucianism, and Shinto, among others) on haiku. You're an L.A.-ite. If you're so inclined, stop on over at Kinokuniya in Yaohan Plaza in Little Tokyo and check out the Blyth books - might inspire a haiku series of photographs... Guy >Teresa299@aol.com wrote: >> >> In a message dated 4/29/02 8:41:14 AM, geeman1066@earthlink.net writes: >> >> << Karina, >> The definition I've always liked and taught my students is "single >>breath >> poetry." Some choose to define the form by syllables and numbers of >>lines--5, >> 7, 5, or 4, 6,4 are common structures--but my readings of Japanese >>haiku, the >> country in which, I believe, the form originated, demonstrated to me >>that the >> form needn't be that restrictive. Haiku are meant to convey a single image >> without personal commentary by the author, i.e. the poem should not have an >> overt message or theme, but merely seek to paint a picture in the mind. >>There >> are many similarities between Haiku and the Imagist movement founded by Ezra >> Pound. In fact, one of my favorite examples is Carl Sandburg's "Fog," who >> was one of the imagist poets: >> >> >> And there's the heirs to that movement the Beat writers like Kerouac's "pop" >> american haiku as well...with an emphasis on sound, a small meditation that >> as Kerouac said is "as simple as porridge and yet makes you see the real >> thing." In some ways a great definition of art as well. Some examples: >> >> Early morning with the >> happy dogs-- >> I forgot the Path >> >> The dog yawned >> and almost swallowed >> My Dharma >> >> And from desolation angels >> >> A bubble, a shadow - >> woop - >> The lightning flash >> >> Thunder in the mountains - >> the iron >> Of my mother's love >> >> Mist boiling from the >> ridge - the mountains >> Are clean >> >> Mist before the peak >> - the dream >> Goes on >> >> as cold >> water in a dell >> on a dusty tired trail - >> >> Girls' footprints >> in the sand >> - Old mossy pile >> >> Wooden house >> raw gray - >> Pink light in the window >> >> Neons, Chinese restaurants >> coming on - >> Girls come by shades >> >> -kim >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html