Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Michael Gerard wrote: >"The definition I've always liked and taught my students is "single breath >poetry." >...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." > >As in: >In a station of the Metro >The apparition of these faces in the crowd; >Petals on a wet, black bough. > >Definitely photographic, so I like the analogy with macro photography, or >any other >photography that extracts a momentary detail from Time's otherwise blurred >continuum. >Not so sure about measuring by breaths, though -- that's more Charles >Olsen to me. >But, as they say, anything goes. >emanuel With all due respect, aside from the above poem, what Imagist works resemble haiku? My guess would be few to none, though I'd love to stand corrected. Guy - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html