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Haiku
The basics. The rules are there are no rules. So long live the rules. And stop counting syllables.

Illustrations by kind permission of Eri Takase, http://www.takase.com/		 Stuff stuffed in this section

In a nutshell - history and weblinks
The basics - some key pointers about style
Haiku gallery - classic and contemporary with musical accompaniment

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experience

Allowing the reader to experience the moment which inspired the haiku is perhaps central to the effectiveness of
the art.

Haiku seeks not to convey reaction but write about what caused the reaction, allowing the reader to experience it afresh.



 

  

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On the back of the mirror,
A spring unseen,
A flowering plum-tree

Basho

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Syllables 

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experience
 
the 'haiku' moment 

kigo

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