The cormorant flies A bright flash dazzles into the sky-world above a hummingbird is floating to eternity. through the fervid air. Wren: a bundle of poking and pestering in each nook and crevice. Haiku can "do" all sorts of things... that "cormorant" one is a sort of "universal statement", the hummingbird one as a "frozen moment", and the "wren" one is just about getting on with things ! Here's a few examples to set you on the right track... Composing haiku can be as deep or shallow as you like. Whichever end of that spectrum you prefer, it's fascinating and fun. And birds make an excellent and vast theme for you to tackle. Plus ... being a creator is good for you. The world is a little bit different, thanks to you. So, think of " haiku-making" as a Christmas Challenge. And, if you want to, you could send them in. And I could make a sort of gallery of them. There's the "comment" thing. Or there's the email thing. [email protected] And, by the way, lots of "haiku" you see on't net etc don't obey the rules. It's not as if they're difficult to understand..... here's my take on them.. This is a haiku it gets it exactly right five seven and five. This is a wrong haiku it makes a right bog-up of it six, eight, three ! You won't get a better explanation than that. Right .. off you go then ! Plus ... if you chuck out all those BIG poetry books, and replace them with the obviously much much smaller haiku books, it makes the room look much bigger ! As you can see, I've managed to stick something on here, but I can only do it on the mac .... and this is just text and a video. I've no idea how to get pictures. And I've prepared the next Christmas Challenge as text-only. I'm a wily old Hector.
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