Haiku is high art in Japan, the entire poem encapsulated in seventeen single syllable characters. English Haiku can deviate from the form of five, seven, and five syllable lines, but the form demands an economy of lanuage that distills a single moment to its barest elements.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Haiku
- the door stands open in steps sunlight, inviting but I do not go
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