Best Gestural Poems
hiku
&
you
&
me
are
ENTIRELY FREE
TO BE
POETIC
TRISTIC-HALLY
HAIKU is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form
whereas
HIKU is a relatively recently 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 any syllabic( 5-7-5 ) line restrictions, the hiku is the 'free verse' version of the haiku in English. similar but different ,a present tense poetic in another language - hiku is the written or recited equivalent to arts 'gestural spontaneous happening' .
A verse freed from strict syllabic constraint within its triplicity of format& is inherently enigmatic & often with a caesura and surprise ending( VERSUM )to give a 'turning' to the line.
The 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.
gestural
abstraction
immediate
spontaneous
drips blobs
from the tube
non-formal
un-formulated
art informel
sans cérémonie
an
absence
of
a premeditated
structure
conception
or approach
dribbled
splashed
smeared
an emphasis
upon
the physical
process
itself
layered
washes
of the profound&zany
resonate
without
conscious control
the simple
delicate & elegant
woven tinted
raw
tropes
embellishments
etched
scratched
lyrical
gestural counterpoints
of
abstraction
interfolding
then
collapsing
seitgists
images
sans analysis
sans explanation
Dutch artist Willem de Kooning
with gestural* art had a fling
Action expressed with nonchalance
a genre requiring taking a chance
*www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/g/gestural
Danish Asgar Jorn
painted boldly in Free formi
A Founder of CoBrA school
with gestural art so cool
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
HAIKU is a centuries old Japanese traditional phonetical & cultural poetic form whereas HIKU is a relatively recently established English language version thereof 'birthed' from last half of the 20th century.
Hiku is 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 haiku.
Without any syllabic( 5-7-5 ) line restrictions, the hiku is the 'free verse' version of the haiku,similar but different ,a present tense poetic in another language - hiku is the written or recited equivalent to arts 'gestural spontaneous happening'
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Adman Hans Hartung
gestural ab art the song he sung
Spontaneous ,neat& free
a bit like Chinese calligraphy
We copulated
in front of the TV ...
Every scream of yours,
a goal of mine ... and the fans
crazed applauded ...
We copulated,
in front of a canary ...
Every trine of yours,
every moan of mine,
mesmerized, and challenged
further was cracking the canary ...
We had sex,
in front of a shooting platoon ...
in our wince,
extra shivering ...
We'll be done soon
not to be
hit by the bullets ... and look, neither
we felt guilty ...
We had sex,
in front of a cat ...
Every moan of yours,
every howl of my ... the cat
meow all bristly ...
We didn't have sex
in front of Gioconda ...
But let's do it ...
for her to lose her pose,
to cut her protruding
gestural ...
COMBINED OUTLINES
gestural flourishes
mingling
with
the
naive
images
solitary
simplicity
of
imagery
reflowering
subtlety
enlarged
rough-hewn
&given
grandeur
a diagram
of isolation
in everyday
images
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
GESTURAL ART IN ACTION
spontaneous
instinctive
instaneous
informal
freely
formed
random
momentary
immediate
impulsive
impetuousity
in
inherent
perception
CONFIGURATIONS
excitment
in gestural
figurative
emotive
motifs
highlighted
moments
becoming
reasons
&
influences
of
existential
purposets
incorporating
themes
taking stock
events
in
polar
opposites
to ruminate
over
&
acknowledge
imagination
uncover
see
&remember
so
open
& free
a
collaborative
harmony
as a
starting point
punctuate
&
entrench
a
recurring
optical
effect
of
an
unknown
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
DISTRACTIONS
figurative
motifs
emotive
gestural
come
naturally
everywhere
remember
a
moment
alongside
influential
imagery
feelings
of the
existential
of purpose
of themes
traversing
meaning
& motivations
to ruuminate
upon
uncover
&
remember
the
power
of
unmistakable
imagination
a
space
full
of
significant
matter
punctuated
by
optical
effect
layered
& entrenched
over
recurring motifs
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making this enigmatic form a two way interplay & interpretatIon unique to the moment& changing according to mood is inherently variable.
Copyright © Brian Strand
piercing gaze
inviting mouth
gestural noir scene
Dutch American Wilhem de Kooning
made his gestural actions sing
With intiuitive painterly flux
experiential spontaneity ever the crux