Haiku unveiled
Apparently, there's more knowledge and insights to haiku. I would have been quite irresponsible to say that I know haiku just from superficial knowledge. Here's an extract of what some people think of haiku (with rules), I'll try to abide the following pointers which I'm comfortable with. http://www.ahapoetry.com/haiku.htm#comego>
Point 3: Seventeen syllables written in three lines divided into 5-7-5
Point 22: Save the "punch line" for the end line
Point 23: Work to find the most fascinating and eye-catching first lines
Point 29: Attempt to have levels of meaning in the haiku. On the surface it is a set of simple images; underneath a philosophy or lesson of life.
Point 38: Telling it as it is in the real world around us
Point 46: Capitalize the first word of every line
Point 57: Write haiku only from an "ah-ha" moment
Now, let's take a second look on my first Haiku attempt last week:
Fever for five days
Kevin lying on the bed
A bad mosquito
This haiku was definitely written from an "ah-ha" moment. I tried to have a punch line, giving the reason why Kevin was having the fever, also adding the word "bad" to the mosquito, relating how bad the consequence had become. Now, looking at Point 29 is what I'm gonna achieve in my future haikus because I feel that that could just bring out the underlying reason for the haiku, to make a point or lesson for life.
Point 3: Seventeen syllables written in three lines divided into 5-7-5
Point 22: Save the "punch line" for the end line
Point 23: Work to find the most fascinating and eye-catching first lines
Point 29: Attempt to have levels of meaning in the haiku. On the surface it is a set of simple images; underneath a philosophy or lesson of life.
Point 38: Telling it as it is in the real world around us
Point 46: Capitalize the first word of every line
Point 57: Write haiku only from an "ah-ha" moment
Now, let's take a second look on my first Haiku attempt last week:
Fever for five days
Kevin lying on the bed
A bad mosquito
This haiku was definitely written from an "ah-ha" moment. I tried to have a punch line, giving the reason why Kevin was having the fever, also adding the word "bad" to the mosquito, relating how bad the consequence had become. Now, looking at Point 29 is what I'm gonna achieve in my future haikus because I feel that that could just bring out the underlying reason for the haiku, to make a point or lesson for life.

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