Haiku and Senryu Dear Readers, we have explored haiku in the first 13 episodes of Haiku Blossoms. This week let us move to senryu, which is a short form of Japanese poetry similar to haiku having the same 3-line unrhymed […]
Haiku & Zen Dear Readers, haiku is a path, a way of life and we are traversing this journey together on Rhyvers. We have covered what haiku is, what are the techniques of writing haiku, learnings from Pravat Kumar Padhy, […]
YOSA BUSON (1716-1783) This week I bring you the third great master —Yosa no Buson who was a renowned Japanese painter and poet of the Edo period. Bruce Ross advises beginners to study Basho for depth, Buson for craft, Issa for […]
KOBAYASHI ISSA (1763-1828) Friends, last week we discussed the work of the great master of haiku Matsuo Bashō. This week let us learn about Kobayashi Issa who is revered in Japan and internationally as one of the greatest poets of the haikai tradition, ranked […]
Experience of an Indian Poet Hope this column for an appreciation of haiku is motivating readers to learn and pen haiku. This week I attended the 3-day Haiku Utsav organized by Triveni Haikai India where 34 poets from all over India participated. […]
Monoku—The one-line haiku We have been discussing haiku in the past seven columns. This week I would like to introduce you to Monoku which is a one-line poem with brevity and clarity of expression. Dr. Pravat Kumar Padhy, an awarded Indian English […]
Suggestions for writing Haiku Last week we discussed the importance of seasons in haiku poetry. Were you able to jot down some kigo words for winter in your region? Try writing a haiku or two with those words this week. […]
This week let us discuss the importance of ‘seasons’ and ‘seasonal references’ in haiku. Nature imagery is very prominent in haiku, as we discussed earlier. Did you know that traditional haiku are commonly associated with each of the four seasons? Stephen Addiss notes […]
Hope readers are enjoying this column and developing an appreciation of haiku, the minimalist poetry form which originated in Japan and has now spread all over the world. I fell in love with haiku poetry in 2016 at the age […]
Last week, we talked about “What is haiku” and when and where it originated. This week, let us dive a bit deeper, The current official definition given by the Haiku Society of America in 2004 is: “A haiku is a […]
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