These haiku are devoid of any blind adherence to 5-7-5. A rigid following of 17 syllables should not be mandatory as the structure of English and Japanese syllables is quite different.

Empty meadows green

tiny grey bird visible

natural intimacy

Silence of evening

sacred like a priestess:

luminous point

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  • KittyK on May 30, 2011

    What a beautiful piece. It is just lovely….

  • aprilsong on May 30, 2011

    nice poem,thanks for sharing

  • isloooboy on May 30, 2011

    Short but powerful thanks for sharing

  • Wrath Warbone on May 30, 2011

    What you say about English writers not having to follow the haiku form strictly because of the differences in Japanese and English makes good sense. Thanks.

  • Peace Poet on May 30, 2011

    I am grateful to my dear Friends for their kind comments. This is the Grace of God that such talented authors from several countries and especially USA that is so distant from my country spare some of their precious time to read my posts. This overwhelms with emotion.
    Wrath Warbone is very wise and learned as he aptly says that we need not follow 5-7-5 structure rigidly. My two haiku collections are published without blind adherence to 17 syllables, and the Japanese ‘kigo’.
    What matters is to create a “haiku moment’. In my two published critical books about the haiku of Japanese poets Sayumi Kamakura and Ban’ya Natsuishi, I have tried to make this point clear. Best wishes

  • duck01 on May 30, 2011

    You have captured a sublime moment.

  • vickylass on May 30, 2011

    Haiku is a form of poetry that I wish I could write, but I’m afraid I’m better on article writing and fiction. thanks for sharing.

  • Cyni1106 on May 30, 2011

    I find your Haiku, inspiring. Glad to see that there are other forms of Haiku, The Japanese way is hard to make an impact with such short verses. I would like to know more about this form, and perhaps try it. Thank you, I’d like to learn. :) Will you do an article on this subject. I’d like to read it.

  • Cassle Tang on May 30, 2011

    Wow, I am learning to understand haiku better and I think you are a great haiku writer. I could sense the deep sensation with just a few phrases. It’s like something I could feel with my heart and brain, but not really something that I could explain. It feels so unique! Thanks a lot, my friend! Keep writing!

  • kanivel on May 30, 2011

    Wonderful…

  • neopisiva on May 30, 2011

    Very profound work,Peace Poet!

  • Tulan on May 30, 2011

    It’s a lovely piece. I didn’t know you could do haiku without the 5-7-5 rule.

  • papaleng on May 31, 2011

    Japanese Haiku is more focus on Nature, good one though the second one (the last one) is only 4 syllables.

  • zulfikar on May 31, 2011

    very difficult for me to understand the concept.

  • Steve Weitzner on Jun 1, 2011

    Very nice.

  • Melinda J on Jun 1, 2011

    Nicely done.

  • yellow rose on Jun 2, 2011

    simply beautiful….

  • jaidadiz on Jun 23, 2011

    I don’t know much about Haiku, wonderfully written,,

  • vickylass on Jul 5, 2011

    I wish I could write haikus as well as this one. Thanks for sharing.

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