How to Haiku
A Writer's Guide to Haiku and Related Forms
Published on 15. March 2002
184 pages
978-1-4629-1675-7 (ISBN)
Description
This haiku book provides an invaluable guide to developing your own haiku-writing skills, with clear explanations, brilliant examples, and innovative writing exercises.
It also offers an introduction to related Japanese poetic forms including:
It also offers an introduction to related Japanese poetic forms including:
- Senryu-commentaries on human nature that are often humorous or ironic
- Haibun-short, autobiographical narratives accompanied by a haiku
- Tanka-imaginative poems full of highly personal, emotional expressions
- Haiga-drawings accompanied by commentary in haiku form
- Renga-a collaborative form featuring linked sequences of poetry
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Content
- Frontcover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Looking at Nature: Haiku
- Telling a Joke: Senryu
- Telling a Story: Haibun
- Expressing Your Feeling: Tanka
- Drawing a Picture: Haiga
- Creating with Others: Renga
- Appendix A Further Notes on Haiku Form
- Appendix B: Taking a Walk: Ginko
- Appendix C: Further Notes on Haiku Aesthetics
- Appendix D: Further Reading
- Permissions
- Backcover
