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
-- gnormal, Mar 10 2001

? 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]

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.
-- DrBob, Mar 10 2001


Hm.

Haiku:
Scented snow-white froth
Glides away on wings of water
Until it is replaced

Higherku:
Lather rinse repeat

No, I don't think so.
-- Uncle Nutsy, Mar 13 2001


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.)

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.
-- baf, Jul 14 2001


passify the poetry
the spirit quantified
the sum given
-- AntHill, Jul 14 2001


HALF FOOD
HALF WOOD
NUTS GOOD
-- gnormal, Sep 07 2001


Haiku:

I have no concerns
I am free from strife and sorrow
Perhaps I'm not sane

Higherku:

What? Me worry?
-- phoenix, Sep 07 2001


Autumn

Red, orange, yellow
I live for a tomorrow
that doesn't exist.

-- dig, Jan 16 2003


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!

My 'ku Inlet compression gives rise to air's energy the sky burns again

Higher Coo: move, burn, move faster.

Higher_ku: whoosh, crackle, roar.

higher.ku: who.os.h,.cra.ckle.ro.ar.

higher.ku.jp http://ibuildramjetsthatgofastandhigh.co.jp

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!
-- Orionblade, May 05 2003



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