limping badly
I walk into the room...
someone crying
Is this poem considered subjective. I attempted the subjective nature with the word 'badly' which means each person who reads the poem may feel differing levels of emotion in defining that word. I am hoping each reader will interject their own level of "incapacity of the person" in evaluating the 'badness' of the limp.
I have no problem with objective poetry but subjective seems to give me a fit. Originally I started to ask this on my poem page, but thought a blog would be a more proper or appropriate place. It is something we have not discussed for a while unless I missed it. It is my understanding that most old style haiku are objective, but most new style leans to the subjective????????? Leaving something up in the air, for the reader to determine for themselves. If any of you have examples of subjective haiku, I would appreciate some being put on this blog. Even if you don't have examples, I would certainly be grateful for any comments relating to the nature of subjective haiku.
Oh, I should have done my homework first:
This a good ex. of subjective from Basho- summer grass... those mighty warriors dream tracks (each reader has to use their own definition of 'dream tracks'). in other words the reader interjects oneself into the poem to determine what Basho meant, based on one's past experiences.
good example of objective: the pear blossoming... after the battle this ruined house (he, himself describes exactly what he wants the reader to know so it is objective.
I am really glad we sorted this out.
Higginson in his book on haiku says: (Not a quote) that the language of haiku should be objective. But it is my understanding (and would not be the first time I was wrong) that modern haiku is leaning toward subjective, especially in America.