Do you like Haikus like this?
By Bala
@balasri (26537)
India
5 responses
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
28 Feb 08
Sorry my friend to sound ignorant but I have seen these in the local papers before and I just can't get my head around them, what exactly is a Haiku, would you mind explaining, I would like to understand so that when I see one I can understand better and I would like to learn how to create one myself, word power is knowledge, I'm sure yours is good but without understanding the method or thinking behind creating it, I can't appreciate it.
@balasri (26537)
• India
29 Feb 08
Haiku is a poetic form and a type of poetry from the Japanese culture. Haiku combines form, content, and language in a meaningful, yet compact form. Haiku poets write about everyday things. Many themes include nature, feelings, or experiences. Usually they use simple words. The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. The first line usually contains five (5) syllables, the second line seven (7) syllables, and the third line contains five (5) syllables. Haiku doesn't rhyme. A Haiku must "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind. This is the challenge of Haiku - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in the reader's mind in ONLY 17 syllables over just three lines of poetry.
The one I posted is not mine.It was 10 years old.Here are some more as examples.
'The red blossom bends
and drips its dew to the ground.
Like a tear it falls'
' Ancient pond
A frog leaps in
The sound of the water'
'The tree will be cut
Not knowing the bird
Makes a nest '
Hope you have an idea now.
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@sinokirin (900)
• China
17 Apr 09
Oh,you have written a poem,only three lines.lol.
I check the Haikus in my dictionary,you know, i try to translate it to chinese,i failed,so i read the response, and there was your answer and explanations,now i get it, it really is similar with the poem in China,named“Da you shi”in chinese,yeah,i think the same meaning.
