Eruption

rift in dark abyss vent outpouring fire from hell~ animals fleeing 1/8/2020 WHY hi-ku hi-ku (is a label I use to differentiate English language 'haiku' from the translations of the original Japanese verseform) POETRY OF THE NOUN Many older Japanese haiku poets wrote haiku without verbs,adverbs,adjectives ,hence my title today.Of course they wrote in Japanese so such a theory do not always easily cross/transfer linguistic barriers. my hi-ku in that style evening perfume a flower blossom primrose memory of you Keys to Hi-Ku in English Hi-Ku Image Image” that ..unique instant of time.. the presentation of which gives a sense of sudden liberation; a sense of freedom from time ... and space .. that sense ... experienced in the presence of works of art..unrepeatable.. tangible to the moment. but SHOW DON'T TELL to show rather than tell is the key to true imagist poetry ,sadly much English language hi-ku have words to avoid ,like 'as'&'to' and also use past tense verbs in their hi-ku ,thus the verse is ' imagery ' rather than imagist ,by emphasising 'telling' rather.. than letting their 'words' show( as my example does above )a subtle difference yet so often a major flaw in penning hi-ku( and many other poetry forms) in English so HI-KU MOMENT