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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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the 'haiku moment'

When the emotion/ snapshot instilled in the haiku by its writer crosses over to the reader. Haiku don't tell us how to feel, they guide us towards that feeling.

"It is the
revelation that
insignificance
is significance"

M Huggins

 

  

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An evening orchid, 
Hidden in its scent,
The flower's whiteness

Buson

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Syllables 

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experience
 
the 'haiku' moment 

kigo

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