Haiku Missionary: An Annotated Response to Alan Watts’ “Haiku” - Graceguts. The sea darkens, The voices of the wild ducks Are faintly white. In the dark forest A berry drops. The sound of the water.[1] These are two complete poems from a kind of Japanese poetry known as haiku. When you are used to Western poetry the haiku comes as something of a shock. The stars on the pond. Again the winter shower Ruffles the water.[3] It seems to be a poem just begun but left unfinished.[4] But with a little more familiarity you realize that haiku poetry excels in one of the rarest of the artistic virtues, the virtue of knowing when to stop; of knowing when enough has been said. When one of the great Zen masters was asked, “What is the ultimate principle of Buddhism?”
Zen answers profound questions with simple everyday facts: “It is windy again this morning.” Blyth has made a considerable selection of haiku from English literature, conveniently saving me the trouble of searching around for examples:[12] The tinkle of the thirsty rill Unheard all day, ascends again. Then is still. Plop! RSS Icons - Free RSS graphics & RSS tools. My haiku blog | Thoughts about poetry, books, life and happenings. Learn Japanese with Human Japanese | Japanese Language Learning Software. - North America Saijiki LIST.
[ . BACK to Worldkigo TOP . ] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The North American Saijiki Project Maybe in 100 years time, we might celebrate the Great American Haiku Heritage Saijiki! (I invented this word in September 2007.) North America is a large continent, comprising Canada, the United States and Mexico, politically. The World Kigo Database is trying to establish saijiki for different regions of it. If you want to introduce your own region in greater detail, please feel free to contact me to establish your own area saijiki. Gabi Greve The most general collection of kigo for North American here: World Kigo Database : Kiyose for Northern America Regional Saijiki: World Kigo Database : Alaska Saijiki World Kigo Database : Canada Saijiki .. World Kigo Database : Chesapeake Bay Saijiki World Kigo Database : Florida Saijiki World Kigo Database : New England Saijiki With many Memorial Days, Holidays and other Observances [ .
WonderHaikuWorlds. Homepage of AHApoetry.com. Haiku, Haibun, Haiga, Photohaiku, Arthaiku. One Single Impression. Recuerda mi corazon. Dream catcher made by joe spado to protect and inspire me spadoman like wind on the water.... never in one place too long, always a reflection of kindness on his flight of passion. trail blazer. story teller. road warrior. man of peace. his love of family, friends, travel, nature, a good roadside dinner, a fast motorcycle, and any chance to spin a tale or listen to ours, equaled a man who was a friend to everyone. life on the wild side a fast ride on a soul train messenger of peace it is an honor once again to dedicate haiku my heart to our joe. please take a moment and visit round circle where barb has posted plans to celebrate joe's life june 27 and 28, 2014. while you are there basking in the essence of joe please take a moment and leave barb a message of comfort and support, joe would love that. xo "I would relish the idea of sitting down with a stranger, or with anyone, and spin yarns.
Just get on a subject and see what is said. Bask in the images created in our minds from the words that are spoken. joe spado. Haiku Heights. You know… that Blog?