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The Use of “Sentence Fragments” in Contemporary Haibun
WHR December 2003 WHCessay – Jamie Edgecombe The Use of “Sentence Fragments” in Contemporary Haibun Jamie Edgecombe Sapporo, Japan A short time ago, there was an intriguing discussion on the WHChaibun mailing list concerning the nature of, and techniques, involved … Continue reading
Posted in Haibun, Vol 3-2 December 2003
Tagged Haibun, Haiku, haiku club, literature, poems, poetic forms, Poetry, short poetry, world haiku
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Narratives of the Heart, Haibun
August 2001 issue Narratives of the Heart Haibun Bruce Ross Alberta, CA fleas, lice— a horse urinating next to my pillow! —Bashō this world of dew is only a world of dew— and yet, and yet . … Continue reading
Posted in Haibun, Vol 1-2 August 2001
Tagged Haibun, Haiku, haiku club, poetic forms, Poetry, short poetry, world haiku, writing
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Short Verse Forms 6 – Free Verse
December 2004 Free Verse Introduction by Conrad DiDiodato Free verse (from the French vers libre) is really a hybrid of two very different language forms, placed very elegantly somewhere between them: prose and the more traditional tightly-knit poetic structures of, … Continue reading
Posted in Renku, Vol 4-1 December 2004
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Short Verse Forms 5 – Tanka
December 2004 TANKA Introduction by Jane Reichhold Tanka, a Japanese poetry form, is one of the oldest that still enjoys current popularity. First called uta (song), the form was later named waka, and only after one of its dips in … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Tanka, Uncategorized, Vol 4-1 December 2004
Tagged Haiku, haiku club, poems, poetic forms, Poetry, short poetry, Tanka, world haiku, writing
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Short Verse Forms 4 – Cinquain
December 2004 Cinquains Introduction by Deborah P. Kolodji What is a cinquain? Five lines. Originally, a cinquain was simply this – a stanza or poem of five lines, similar to the definition of a quatrain as a stanza or poem … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Vol 4-1 December 2004
Tagged cinquain, Haiku, poems, poetic forms, Poetry, short poetry, world haiku, writing
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Short Verse Forms 3 – Sijo
December 2004 Sijo SIJO Introduction by Larry Gross SIJO (see-szo or she-szo, pronouncing the J as the French pronounce Jacques). Roots of this lyrical Korean cousin of haiku and tanka stretch back over 2000 years, to early Chinese forms. It … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Vol 4-1 December 2004
Tagged poems, poetic forms, Poetry, short poetry, sijo, writing
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Short Verse Forms 2 – Pleiades and Fibonnachi
December 2004 Short Verse Forms 2 – Pleiades and Fibonacchi PLEIADES This titled form was invented in 1999 by Craig Tigerman, Sol Magazine’s Lead Editor. Only one word is allowed in the title, followed by a single seven-line stanza. The first … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Vol 4-1 December 2004
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Short Verse Forms 1 – Triolet
December 2004 Introduction to WHCpoetrybridge The purpose of poetrybridge is to make a union of two differing but complementary literary traditions possible. With this aim in view, poets skilled in both Eastern and Western verse forms engage in constructive and … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Vol 4-1 December 2004
Tagged poems, poetic forms, Poetry, short poetry, triolet, writing
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