Friday, November 17, 2006
The Haiku Sensibility - What's Happened To It?
You know, I look around at my fellow haiku poets websites and I see a lot of haiku that really misses the point of haiku. What I mean is the subject of many contemporary haiku focuses on people and events. But I'm missing something. I'm missing the wabi/sabi aspect that I feel is important to the art form.
For example, take a look at this haiku by one of my favorite poets Bruce Ross:
spring wind --
a sparrow pecks
in the dust
What I like about this haiku is its simplicity. It doesn't try to be sophisticated and its subject matter is also simple. Plus it has that undefinable quality - that air of indifference that allows you to see the impermanence of things.
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