Category Archives: Editorials

Editorial – Truth and Ego, the Two Awkward Entities

Posted on 13/07/2012 by whrarchives

December 2003 Editorial TRUTH AND EGO – THE TWO AWKWARD ENTITIES shiya semashi sezu ya aramashi to omou koto wa ohkata sezu ga yoki nari (Kenko Yoshida c1283-post1350, Tsure-zure-gusa, “If one is not sure whether to do it or not … Continue reading →

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Editorial – A Useless Thing and a Useless Person

Posted on 27/03/2012 by whrarchives

Editorial A Useless Thing And A Useless Person “A mere tale of a tub, my words are idle.” —The White Devil, II. i, 92, John Webster (1580?-1634) Haiku is a useless thing, a haiku poet is a useless person. This statement … Continue reading →

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Editorial : How to Tackle War Haiku

Posted on 27/03/2012 by whrarchives

 Editorial Corner – March 2003 Editorial How to tackle war haiku War divides. It forces people to corners where they do not necessarily wish to be cornered. Thus, sides are taken and differences get exacerbated. Views become exaggerated and belligerent. … Continue reading →

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Editorial – The More They Remain the Same…

Posted on 27/03/2012 by whrarchives

Editorial Corner – November 2002 Editorial the more they remain the same… “Days and months are eternal travellers, as are the years that come and go…” This famous beginning of Oku-no-Hosomichi means more than it says. As well as the … Continue reading →

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Editorial : the World in a Grain of Sand

Posted on 27/03/2012 by whrarchives

Editorial – July 2002, Volume 2, Issue 2 The World in a Grain of Sand In my Editorial for the March issue, I began with my critical views on the world haiku community, and ended on a very optimistic and … Continue reading →

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Editorial : Escapist Literature vs Real Literature

Posted on 26/03/2012 by whrarchives

Editorial “Tohi-bungaku”(escapist literature) versus “Shin-bungaku”(real literature) Haiku poetry has essentially been a type of what I call “tohi-bungaku” in Japan*. While not going so far as emigrating into Utopia or fairy land, haiku poets have cultivated a special world, slightly … Continue reading →

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Editorial – Haiku: A Living Thing

Posted on 07/12/2011 by whrarchives

Editorial, May 2001 Haiku: A Living Thing Haiku is a living thing. It is a flow, a journey and a life, vibrant, developing and free. Haiku is for everybody. It belongs to the world. As such, haiku should never be fettered to … Continue reading →

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Editorial – Aha, Just a Moment Please

Posted on 07/09/2011 by whrarchives

Editorial Aha, Just A Moment, Please by Susumu Takiguchi When I first got involved with haiku poems written in the English language some twenty years ago, two things instantly stood out. One was that curious thing with which everybody seemed … Continue reading →

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Editorial – Internet Culture and Haiku

Posted on 05/09/2011 by whrarchives

Editorial Everything has two opposite sides. Truism? These sides include a positive side and a negative side. Another truism? So what are the positive and negative sides of internet culture and how do they affect haiku? No truism at all. … Continue reading →

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Editorial -What are we to do with the so-called Haiku Rules?

Posted on 02/09/2011 by whrarchives

Editorial PURPOSES CROSSED, SEMANTICS CONFUSED AND CONTEXT IGNORED What Are We to Do with the So-called Haiku ‘Rules’ ? People argue. Sometimes they get at each other’s throats. However, more often than not they are not even disagreeing. All they … Continue reading →

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