Rain is falling, and we need it; still, I feel great in my warm apartment. I have a book to finish,, and another to start. I am very happy, here at home.
Haiku on a gray day
Gloomy day outside.
Inside, a warm place to sit,
Back in my PJs.
Rain is falling, and we need it; still, I feel great in my warm apartment. I have a book to finish,, and another to start. I am very happy, here at home.
Haiku on a gray day
Gloomy day outside.
Inside, a warm place to sit,
Back in my PJs.
I’ve never attempted a haiku before but you have inspired me! It’s been a grey outside/warm inside kinda day here too
Tilly Bud informs me that haikus are about nature, and senryu is about the nature of humans. Have fun!
Sensible!
You really have a knack for these. If you are going to keep on writing them – and I hope you are – I thought you might like to know a little more.
Technically, you are writing senryu. The simplest way to know the difference is to remember this: haiku are about nature; senryu, the nature of man. It’s a broad categorisation, but helpful.
They don’t usually have titles – a rule I ALWAYS break: titles are useful.
They don’t have to strictly adhere to the seventeen syllable count. The seventeen syllables were carried over from the Japanese but their language structure is so different from ours that their reason for seventeen syllables (I forget what it is) doesn’t apply in English. But we do it anyway
Having said that, I always go with seventeen syllables, even though I don’t have to; I suspect I’m contrary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senry%C5%AB
I do hope you continue to write these; you really are a natural.
Dear Tilly Bud,
Thank you so much for the VERY helpful info — all I knew was one idea, 17 syllables. And thanks for your encouragement! Would you be willing to write a whole post about this? I’d love to have you as a guest writer! Again, thanks!
Yes, I would. Thanks for asking
Whenever you’d like, I’d love to post you. Just let me know when it’s done. If I can do anything, please let me know. And thanks so much!