HIKU and ME -creativity the KEY

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HAIKU is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form 
whereas
 HIKU is a relatively recent reference to the 75year old established  haiku in English. Hiku being  an imagist tristich like its elder cousin,without a title,and with a similar economy of words ,inherently enigmatic & with a caesura or an ellipsis and surprise ending. A similar sense of pause ,the aesthetic insight flowing from perception gained from 'one breath length ' composition that flowed from the Japanesese 17 onji sound inherent in the Japaneses haiku. Without 'invented'  syllabic( 5-7-5 ) line restrictions of the 'haiku in english 'is the 'free verse' version of the  '5:7:5  haiku in English'. similar but different ,a present tense poetic ,the - hiku is the written or recited equivalent to arts 'gestural spontaneous happening' .

Creativity the key in a verse freed from strict syllabic constraint within its triplicity of format(tristich)& yet inherently enigmatic & often with a caesura and surprise ending( VERSUM )to give a 'turning' to the line.

The flexible hiku maybe a horizontal  single* line,(often  broken line at the caesura),a vertical line(usually a painting(haiga) ,a couplet** or a tristich* with shape-like variations.




hiku tristich examples 

he dusted the album-
a memory of love
trickled down his cheek

winter unfolds-
galanthus nivalis
in  the woodland 

5:7:5 haiku (haiku in English) example
on the wind,a bell-
muffled from across the square
raindrops fill the air

5:7:5 haiku( haiku in English)with title example
An Abstract Haiku

blue and gold circles
revolve,dissolve and endure
picture,perfect pure

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