Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Three Haikus Comments

Rating: 5.0

As falling snow makes
No sound on the frozen ground,
I meditate in silence.
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Clyde King
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Clyde King 28 December 2020

Bri, the syllabic constraint is not chiseled in stone. The Japanese haikus use concrete imagery, nature and animals, and allude to the seasons. Try reading Basho. He's one of the best Japanese artists, and William Packard's book "The Art of Poetry Writing."

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Bri Edwards 24 December 2020

i like this but 'The first line is 5 syllables. The second line is 7 syllables. The third line is 5 syllables like the first.' is what Google tells me. bri ;)

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Clyde King 23 December 2020

Thank you Varsha. Have you read the 19th century Japanese poet Basho? He was a haiku master.

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Clyde King 23 December 2020

Thank you Maytag. The Japanese poet Basho inspired these haikus.

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Clyde King 23 December 2020

Thank you Bernard.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 23 December 2020

A well executed poem.... Truly excellent and brilliant.....5 stars *****

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Mahtab Bangalee 22 December 2020

Silence...how soothing To the anxious spirit. The rabbit sleeps in his burrow/// that's beautiful

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Varsha M 22 December 2020

Yes silence is good at time. It revives souls and increase our own understanding.... beautiful

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