Today's poet

[stevefoster]

Haiku overload, Mossdog, dare not quote you for fear of forum meltdown
Good uns though

[Harry H Howgill]

Wowee Mossy, plenty to keep us busy there for a while.

[stevefoster]

Sonku

To work
Before i retire
To retire
Before i
Expire

[Harry H Howgill]

Blooming heck! Haiku galore there. Some great passionate ones.

Recently I have been thinking about how haiku should be presented. I have an anthology and some pages can have five haiku on them. I think they lose something when presented en masse. The simplicity of a single haiku on a page is, for me, part of their essence. I have a couple ideas for some books of my own haiku. With one haiku on the left hand page and a simple black and white image on the right. I am considering embossing the words and the image so that there is no colour except the white of the page...

I also discovered that haiku that deal with human emotions are called senryu.

I've got a lovely little book of one man's haiku from one year in his life. They are on one page each, and it does add to them. Cramming too many on a page doesn't always show them at their best, but I guess that has to be done for financial reasons some times. Just wait until you see the magazine next month, they are crammed in a bit!

Your idea for your book sounds stunning.

[Alf]

a 'succinct' of Haiku???

Sonia Sanchez . I had to go and have a cup of tea after reading that

A conciseness of Haikus ?

[Harry H Howgill]

Sonia Sanchez . I had to go and have a cup of tea after reading that

A conciseness of Haikus ?

A solitary of haiku?

[freckle]

Hes your book idea sounds gorgeous....

on a different note

Seperation

Sometimes
I just need to have you here,
without words,
to hear you breath
and feel your hands.
Sometimes
I just need for things to be easy.
But hey listen!
I got you ain't I?
thats the thing.
I got the pebble
and the laugh
and the grin.
But my friend
what have you got?

[Stef F]

This is lovely and touching

Seperation

Sometimes
I just need to have you here,
without words,
to hear you breath
and feel your hands.
Sometimes
I just need for things to be easy.
But hey listen!
I got you ain't I?
thats the thing.
I got the pebble
and the laugh
and the grin.
But my friend
what have you got?

[Mossdog]

Sorry for the overload lads n' lasses...I mean't nee harm

I guess it's a case of a 'surfeit' of haiku ....or...

too many haiku
leaves the mind too bewildered
to grasp the essence.

[Mossdog]

Hes your book idea sounds gorgeous....

on a different note

Seperation

Sometimes
I just need to have you here,
without words,
to hear you breath
and feel your hands.
Sometimes
I just need for things to be easy.
But hey listen!
I got you ain't I?
thats the thing.
I got the pebble
and the laugh
and the grin.
But my friend
what have you got?

Heartfelt and moving.