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October 30, 2007
Haikus
So, one of our multitude of assignments this week was to write some Haikus. My God but they're fun. I'd never used the form before but its blissful - the constraints it places upon both subject matter and structure are challenging but not onerous. Here's the full set of rules, as far as I can remember-
3 Lines
Syllabels - 5, 7, 5
Imagery - Two images, one short and the other enduring. Must be very vivid and visual. They must be linked, but how they are linked is up to the reader to decipher.
Subject matter - Any, but should convey a spiritual revelation onto the reader
Seasonal and nature imagery is popular
I've split up what I've written into traditional Haikus, and short poems with the same syllabic structure but which aren't Haikus
More traditional