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ENGLISH OPEN  FORM https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/open_a_1727822 POET https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/poetry_is_a_recited_art_1716883

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/an_emperical_poetry_view_1691678

+ Creator of the footle & hiku (definition -as below) 

*FOOTLE *footle(singular) is a two line lines,2 syllable verse with an integral title-Light Poetic verse form,witty,pertinent,topical etc (technically a trochaic monometer and not necessarily in rhyme)it was inspired by the famous FLEAS Adam/had'em.

 

HIKU a tristich 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.

 

OPEN VERSE using spaces&breaks/no grammatical symbols /relying on 'the one breath limitation'/thus intuitive cadence permits the 'reader' (reciter)to respond in an interpretative-interplay unique** to the ' happening moment'

 

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4 POETIC TENETS  - https://creativepoetics.blogspot.com/

+Gestural abstraction- my art style

https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/just_saying_my_art_an_emperical_view_1686489

 

more gestural art of mine here https://gesturalart.blogspot.com/

sculptured poetic fusion https://sculptureguide.blogspot.com/

And my Christan verse @

https://mychristianverse.blogspot.com/

 

 

IMAGIST OF THE MONTH August

Blog Posted by Brian Strand: 8/21/2018 2:57:00 AM


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Date: 8/22/2018 4:44:00 PM
What I wonder is how it sounded in japanese. We write our poetry based upon sound etc.. and what the words mean to us. I often wonder if his poem was really as simple as that even though it translates as such. Just some thoughts from someone who loves to write haiku and brevity poems. :) Have a great day!
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 8/22/2018 6:23:00 PM
Thanks for your reply! :)
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Brian Strand
Date: 8/22/2018 5:21:00 PM
Good point Kim,one can only rely on the knowlegible 'experts' who translated these masters.Of course to the Japanese the haiku is more than poetry,embedded as it isv in their culture.A bit like cricket is with us English!

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