-- Tangerine is a shade of orange

Zen Haiku has been written since haiku's origin in the 17th century. Matsuo Basho, considered to be the father of haiku, was a Zen monk. Many of his contemporaries were monks. Nowadays, many people around the world write haiku in many forms

The main Zen concept is that everything is connected in nature, even people and nature. You will notice that many of my Zen haiku refer to buckets full of stars, lakes full of stars, nets full of dusk (no fish), dewdrop full of butterflies, etc ....

HAIKU is a Japanese very short unrhymed poem that uses imagistic language to express the essence of a deeply felt moment in time. It resonates on a deeper level, leaving the reader enlightened and making an insightful connection between the top two lines and the last one, called the SATORI. HAIKU uses a dash to pause before the SATORI. Haiku is about nature and it alludes to a season of the year. In Japan, haiku is written in 17 syllables and three lines ( 5/7/5) but in English is 17 syllables OR LESS because English syllables are longer than Japanese syllables. Avoid capitalization (except proper names) and punctuation; keep alliteration to a minimum. Lines should be connected grammatically to improve the flow of thought.


click here to read Haiku Society of America, HAIKU EXAMPLES


click here to read Haiku Society of America HAIKU RULES


click here to read why is 5/7/5 OR LESS rule


Modern Haiku

Thank you very much for reading and reviewing my poems.

Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." - Novalis

pictures from Pinterest, -- Bottom fish is an orange roughy

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