Ellie
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Writer ✍ Short prose. Poetry. Haiku 📚 #vss365 #writingcommunity
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear Gabe! So happy you like it. 🙏😊🌷 Sorry, just saw your comment. I'm still on hiatus, but hoping to be back soon. Hope you are well, my friend. 💖
January 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, dear Gabe! So happy you like it. 🙏😊🌷 Sorry, just saw your comment. I'm still on hiatus, but hoping to be back soon. Hope you are well, my friend. 💖
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Here's something I wrote a while back that might be useful to beginners as well :-)
Haikai & Haiku—A Short Introduction Part 4: One Plum Slowly Ripens
Issue #4: Kana | Kireji | Kigo
forgottenpoets.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Here's something I wrote a while back that might be useful to beginners as well :-)
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So if haiku isn't about syllables, what is it about? A good starting point is that it is a juxtaposition of two fragments. For example:
waiting
for the butter to soften–
summer rain
-Francine Banwarth
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waiting
for the butter to soften–
summer rain
-Francine Banwarth
3/8
January 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
So if haiku isn't about syllables, what is it about? A good starting point is that it is a juxtaposition of two fragments. For example:
waiting
for the butter to soften–
summer rain
-Francine Banwarth
3/8
waiting
for the butter to soften–
summer rain
-Francine Banwarth
3/8
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First, forget about syllables. I won't stop anyone from writing 5-7-5 haiku, but most English language poets don't. Why? I’ll just link to this.
www.graceguts.com/essays/urban...
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www.graceguts.com/essays/urban...
2/8
Graceguts - Urban Myth of 5-7-5
In March of 2011, a concerned contributor to the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival’s Haiku Invitational sent the following message, which festival organizers forwarded to me for response: +
De...
www.graceguts.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
First, forget about syllables. I won't stop anyone from writing 5-7-5 haiku, but most English language poets don't. Why? I’ll just link to this.
www.graceguts.com/essays/urban...
2/8
www.graceguts.com/essays/urban...
2/8