Send me Haiku
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:40 pm
OK. If we're going to make a haiku book, we need to get started.
Add on this thread the following:
1) Your Character Name
2) Your real name (Optional)
3) Your 'in-game' title and clan (IE: Kenshinzen of the Crane Clan) (Optional)
4) A Haiku or a Tanka for you
Reminders:
Haiku are 5 - 7- 5 syllables though if you fudge a syllable for a good reason, you'll usually be able to get away with it.
Tanka have 5 - 7 - 5 - 7 - 7 syllables, in case you have more that you want to say.
Ready to level up?
Symbolism is highly encouraged, sarcasm or general wry self-deprecation are often encouraged, and motifs of mono no aware and the passage of time are particularly thematic for this occasion.
Boss level poetry:
Haiku and Tanka usually have the juxtaposition of two images or ideas with a kireji ("cutting word") between them, and a kigo, or seasonal reference, usually drawn from a saijiki, or traditional list of Japanese imagery.
Pluck your sake cups from the winding waters, and show us what you've got. I'll get it down in a haiku book one way or another before Gencon.
Add on this thread the following:
1) Your Character Name
2) Your real name (Optional)
3) Your 'in-game' title and clan (IE: Kenshinzen of the Crane Clan) (Optional)
4) A Haiku or a Tanka for you
Reminders:
Haiku are 5 - 7- 5 syllables though if you fudge a syllable for a good reason, you'll usually be able to get away with it.
Tanka have 5 - 7 - 5 - 7 - 7 syllables, in case you have more that you want to say.
Ready to level up?
Symbolism is highly encouraged, sarcasm or general wry self-deprecation are often encouraged, and motifs of mono no aware and the passage of time are particularly thematic for this occasion.
Boss level poetry:
Haiku and Tanka usually have the juxtaposition of two images or ideas with a kireji ("cutting word") between them, and a kigo, or seasonal reference, usually drawn from a saijiki, or traditional list of Japanese imagery.
Pluck your sake cups from the winding waters, and show us what you've got. I'll get it down in a haiku book one way or another before Gencon.