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higherku
a form of poetry which distills the essence of a haiku | |
much can be done with little. we need a new branch of poetry dealing with elemental minimalism.
example:
haiku:
An old pond
a frog jumps in
Sound of water
higherku:
water sound frog
haiku
The sores on my feet
heal faster cause i washed them
2
days in a row
higherku:
feet wash heal
?
http://sites.netsca...poetry/1_breath.htm
[Monkfish, Mar 10 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
plop viola
http://www.thing.ne...bpnichol/bpaf08.htm
excellent links off of here! search "visual poetry"! [gnormal, Mar 10 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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For your first example...
Frog jumps. Plop!
...is a better distillation. I can't think about the sores on your feet without severe mental discomfort however. |
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Haiku:
Scented snow-white froth
Glides away on wings of water
Until it is replaced
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Higherku:
Lather rinse repeat |
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Waug: The "frog" example fails to fit Haiku meter because it's a translation from the Japanese. (In fact, it's one of the most popular haikus in Japan.) |
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And at any rate, strict adherence to the 5-7-5 rule isn't considered as important as the *semantic* constraints of Haiku (a mention of the season, a point at which the subject suddenly changes, etc.) - at least, not for haiku written in languages other than Japanese, which tend to count syllables differently anyway. |
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passify the poetry
the spirit quantified
the sum given |
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Try writing haiku where the words line up into haiku where the first verse can be scanned horizontally or vertically.
Still trying to figure out one which will scan both ways, back and forth. |
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What awaits us all?
The old entering twilight,
Young folk ascending? |
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What the young awaits,
Old folk, us, entering all,
Twilight ascending. |
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HALF FOOD
HALF WOOD
NUTS GOOD |
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I have no concerns
I am free from strife and sorrow
Perhaps I'm not sane
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Red, orange, yellow
I live for a tomorrow
that doesn't exist.
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ok, lemme try this... since i'm a not so widely published (one poem, one book...) poet more concerned with thermodynamic efficiency than rhyme.. oh hey, a topic for a poem! |
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My 'ku
Inlet compression
gives rise to air's energy
the sky burns again |
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Higher Coo:
move, burn, move faster. |
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Higher_ku:
whoosh, crackle, roar. |
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higher.ku:
who.os.h,.cra.ckle.ro.ar. |
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higher.ku.jp
http://ibuildramjetsthatgofastandhigh.co.jp |
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i think i get it. wow, what a powerful not so new form of poetic expression. Ah, yes, the co.jp refers to the idea being a minimalistic form similar to japanese haiku. Had I been more elaborate in the writing of that conceptualization, i would have chosen a country domain appropriate to the style of the message. Anyhow, enjoy, and i shall sleep well knowing the internet is further polluted by my grandoise ideas...
Achooo! |
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