Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So in effect creating photographs in the mind with words.....I see!! > 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