Haiku Everywhere!
Thursday November 6, 2008
That briefest of poems, the haiku form migrated from Asia, took deep root in English, and now sprouts up in the strangest places. Just this week, I’ve found two new varieties: biker haiku and dinosaur haiku!
from Bob Strauss, About.com’s Guide to Dinosaurs:
Dinosaur Haiku
A page of examples with an invitation to contribute your own “dinoku.”
from The Boston Globe:
“The Rhythms of the Road,” by Emma Brown
An article about the Highway Poets Motorcycle Club, which has just published an anthology of biker poetry called Rubber Side Down. The first poem quoted in the article is a “baiku” by the anthology’s editor, Jose Gouveia.
More about Haiku:
Haiku defined, in our Glossary of Poetic Forms
Haiku, Senryu, Tanka links
Comments
This is a fascinating and informative site, I love the insights to various forms of poetry. So helpful. I’m pleased to see that you write that it’s acceptable to reduce the number of syllables in Western countries rather than sticking to the rigid syllable count.
I am very glad that there are a whole lot variety of people today from every walk of life, now find it that the more simple you live life, the better. Such is the essence of Haiku, and I am very glad that they like and use it in their everyday life.
Do check out http://www.haiku.com, for more inspired and inspiring works in Haiku.
– haiku singer