The simplest form of poetry, and, indeed, one of the simplest forms of all written communication, is the haiku. Derived from the Japanese hokku, it became a serious art form in the hands of the Japanese poet Bashō (1644-1694). The traditional form of a haiku is three lines of 5-7-5 syllables. Originally, it was confined to observations of nature, and while that’s still a common subject today, we use the form to describe all kinds of themes and subjects.
Like to describe each hour of the day. That’s how poet and writer Emily Patterson uses the haiku in Haiku at 5:38 a.m. In her collection of 24 poems, she has one haiku for each hour of the day.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
Some Tuesday Readings
The Future of Book Publicity, Part 1 – Kathleen Schmidt at Publishing Confidential.
Roads, Dead Ends, and Endings – Nadya Williams at Current Magazine.
Notre-Dame restoration reveals Renaissance poet’s coffin – Hugh Schofield at BBC.
Why Chinchilla is My Favorite Fur – prose poem by Tina Barry at Every Day Poems.
It Happens to Those Who Live Alone – poem by David Whyte.
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