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Haikai // Haiku 川 Hokku \\ Hiraku
|| Translations by Dick Whyte ||
俳諧 = haikai = "playful harmony"
俳句 = haiku = "playful verse"
Please play! Cap the hokku to make a tan'renga! Riff on the kigo! Reply in haiku, hiraku, tsukeku, wakiku, hanka, et al.
Hehe, I know what you mean. Aw thanks Kris - that means a lot.
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Hehe, I know what you mean. Aw thanks Kris - that means a lot.
Though take me with a grain of salt where mainstream haiku is concerned. My own approach is somewhat distinct to the Haiku Foundation or any of the major journals. ;-)
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Though take me with a grain of salt where mainstream haiku is concerned. My own approach is somewhat distinct to the Haiku Foundation or any of the major journals. ;-)
Love the size of this one! It expands and contracts.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Love the size of this one! It expands and contracts.
Oh also - thanks for the correction - I accidentally put 774 instead of 1774 😂 What in the Manyōshū!
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Oh also - thanks for the correction - I accidentally put 774 instead of 1774 😂 What in the Manyōshū!
Wonderful and poignant! 🖤
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Wonderful and poignant! 🖤
Awww - lovely Jim 🖤
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Awww - lovely Jim 🖤
This is the way!
doubting even
that i know nothing—
burning
in the flame of summer,
flame of poetry
🖤
doubting even
that i know nothing—
burning
in the flame of summer,
flame of poetry
🖤
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is the way!
doubting even
that i know nothing—
burning
in the flame of summer,
flame of poetry
🖤
doubting even
that i know nothing—
burning
in the flame of summer,
flame of poetry
🖤
Good for you! Love that 🖤
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Good for you! Love that 🖤
Yes exactly this. I ended up leaving all haiku communities about 5-6 years ago for this very reason. Not that I didn’t meet good people, but the framework was wrong from the outset - based as you point out in power and territorialization. So much confusion and fragmentation and gatekeeping.
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Yes exactly this. I ended up leaving all haiku communities about 5-6 years ago for this very reason. Not that I didn’t meet good people, but the framework was wrong from the outset - based as you point out in power and territorialization. So much confusion and fragmentation and gatekeeping.
This is exactly what I am hoping the book will be - because I had exactly the same experience and it was deeply frustrating a lot of the time haha. It’s taken about ten years to gather all the fragments together - and there’s still more to come, but I’m getting there haha.
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This is exactly what I am hoping the book will be - because I had exactly the same experience and it was deeply frustrating a lot of the time haha. It’s taken about ten years to gather all the fragments together - and there’s still more to come, but I’m getting there haha.
Aw cheers! Really appreciate the commentary and share! Yeah agreed - I am working on a much larger book which will address many of these questions. It's a complex task figuring out the best way to approach it, while also being useful for beginners, etc. Will start work on it properly next year. 🖤
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Aw cheers! Really appreciate the commentary and share! Yeah agreed - I am working on a much larger book which will address many of these questions. It's a complex task figuring out the best way to approach it, while also being useful for beginners, etc. Will start work on it properly next year. 🖤
Hahahaha - love the senryū-spin on this one!
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Hahahaha - love the senryū-spin on this one!
Awww love this John - I'm always a sucker for poems about writing the poem 🖤
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Awww love this John - I'm always a sucker for poems about writing the poem 🖤
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Beautiful Kris - a light and supple tsukeku to Chiyo's hokku. I am sure she would approve! 🖤
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Beautiful Kris - a light and supple tsukeku to Chiyo's hokku. I am sure she would approve! 🖤
Aw beautiful Kris - has a real depth to it. Wonderful cap! 🖤
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Aw beautiful Kris - has a real depth to it. Wonderful cap! 🖤
Haha - love that John. Most of my ku are written that way now too. On the move . . .
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Haha - love that John. Most of my ku are written that way now too. On the move . . .
Always brother 🖤
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Always brother 🖤
It seems like introducing sound was definitely the vibe for capping this verse. A nice play on the original John.
November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It seems like introducing sound was definitely the vibe for capping this verse. A nice play on the original John.