


DEFINITION OF HAIKU: HAIKU can be dated back all the way to the ancient civilizations,,,originating in Persia,,and moving it's way across India and up towards China and then Japan, where it stayed as a traditional art form in both countries. HAIKU is a formatted poetic exercise (or now informal is acceptable to be addressed later) a way to EXPRESS ONESELF One can write about FEELINGS, NATURE, SOCIAL COMMENTARY Whatever you care to do. The "old school" HAIKU format was broken down into a pattern of SYLLABLES. 5 - 7 - 5 is the "rule of thumb" formula, representing the pattern of 5 syllables, then 7 syllables, then 5 syllables. 5 syllables used for 1st line of poem. 7 syllables used for 2nd line of poem 5 syllables used for 3rd line of poem. (counting suffixes ie. "es" or "s" on the end of a word is disputable. Some say to count it as a syllable, the modern approach says you don't have to so it is up to you...) There are other loose formulas, consisting of 3 - 5 - 3 and also Ancient rhythm of 5 - 7 - 5 - 7 - 7 ***DON'T LET NUMBERS SCARE YOU!!! They are ONLY syllables. RULES WERE MEANT TO BE BENT Since this is YOUR Imaging and YOUR art, can you come up with maybe a NEW SEQUENCE OF SYLLABLES? Here are some explanations defining HAIKU if you care to read them. TOYOMASU.COM AHAPOETRY.COM AHAPOETRY.COM- KEIRULE (English Format Explanation) |
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EXTREME IMAGING HAIKU Once you are familiar with writing it, HAIKU should take you all of 1 minute to learn. Just put down what your thoughts are!!! Now what you want to do is to find a LANDSCAPE,GRAPHIC, BACKGROUND (Oriental,countryside,whatever you choose) HEY,,, HOW ABOUT FANTASY? Planetaryscapes, Surreal, make your own background even, that EXPRESSES what you wrote OR by Imaging it, turn it into your own expression by writing your HAIKU to fit your Image. Image fits your HAIKU HAIKU fits your image It's all up to you... Annotate your HAIKU words anywhere onto your image Output Use it as an Image alone or, make a Webpage or Email sig around your work If you are looking for the Japanese/Chinese mood, use oriental backgrounds or midis RESOURCES Freeware Oriental Graphics, Backs,Midis,Bars DiamondEve's "TIKI ROOM" Freeware Backs, Landscapes of varying Categories LINDY'S GRAPHICS PK'S ENGLISH-ASIAN TTF FONTS TRUE CHINESE TTF FONTS GOOGLE TRANSLATE WEBPAGES We have Planetaryscapes in our Newsgroup Stockpile along with various other assorted Fantasy Wallpapers in our indexes. If you need some just let me know... TEXTBOX AREA To activate cursor, hit your Return Key. Practice your HAIKU here. After you are done writing, just CC&P your lines to take somewhere else OR if you don't like what you wrote, erase and start over.. Remember Traditional form is 5-7-5 syllables. NOTE:This testbed is not "cookied" (have a memory) so it will not save your HAIKU verses for you. In order to save any/all of your HAIKU, try this one. **be sure to hit SAVE after any transaction MEMORY TESTBED LET'S SEE WHAT YOU MADE... ![]() ***EXAMPLES OF "HAIKU IMAGERY" If you really enjoy this and want to take it even a step further, you can join SOCIETY FOR HAIKU |
