Dear Haiku Friends, Thank you for your participation and interest in the Shiki Monthly Kukai. Please find below the topics for the MAY 2006 edition. ... ...
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I am very new to Haiku, but have some years with Zazen. I am looking forward to some direct criticism to help my learning curve. Compliments are welcome as...
In a message dated 5/3/2006 9:01:07 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time, lanningkfe@... writes: I am very new to Haiku, but have some years with Zazen. I am...
... I would just like to mention that David McMurray of the Asahi Haikuist Network is also an advocate of English language haiku being written in 3/5/3 format....
Thanks to all for the great feedback - it will be thoughtfully applied! I'm excited to keep working on this. Alan/Larry: I had, in part chosen the 3/5/3...
Hi Larry! Comments below... ... I found this on David McMurray, and has an interesting piece on his Asahi Haikuist Network and 3/5/3 format. The examples are...
Hi Bill, I really like this one, and enjoyed puddles full of sky! I wonder whether you could make the last with the definite article as well? Reading it out...
Please humor a novice with a rather basic question... When discussing a haiku being "choppy" does this refer to how it sounds when read out loud: how it rolls...
Hi Kipp! ... Okay, but we are all novices in the West. <grin> ... I mean both when read out loud, and on paper. Even though haiku are often read out in...
What happens when the reader can "jump" further than the writer? When the reader is capable of making HUGE leaps. What happens when some writers appear to...
Hi Kipp, I just read "Forms in English Haiku," by Keiko Imaoka. I think I've read this before, but it's always good to be given an opportunity to read...
Larry - Thanks for pointing out some other considerations in this essay - 3/5/3 strictly adhered to does seem to create the need to seek more fancy words that...
Thank you, Alan. For the moment, I'm inclined to stay with "a," in part on grounds of sound. But I'll listen to it a bit more. Best, Bill Alan Summers...
Hi Kipp, A lot of good generated here, thanks Kipp for being the catalyst! <grin> ... I personally it's imperative as a doublecheck so glad you'll start...
Bill, I like this version better than the one on your blog... I chewed on it for almosts a day but came to the same, but much deeper point. Thanks for this...
Dear Bill, I like the version on your blog that starts with "cancer patient." I'd like the current version better if it started not with just the word...
I too initially thought airport, but then why not eat the ice- cream? I thought perhaps it was hot, but then why not eat it again. It took several hours of...