Reena’s Exploration Challenge #89

Hi, friends

Last week’s prompt brought in some much-needed whackiness and  humor, as well as the usual intensity in the Exploration Challenge.

So far, we’ve never had restrictions on length or format of the piece. I’m adding a rider, just for this week.

PROMPT

Reena’s Exploration Challenge -Haiku Prompt

You could write a story or an anecdote with a haiku as part of it. A Haibun or Alternating verse and poetry, of course works.

I collected some Gyan from the Shadow Poetry website http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/haiku/haiku.html

Definition of Haiku

1) An unrhymed Japanese poem recording the essence of a moment. Nature is combined with human nature. It usually consists of three lines of 5/7/5 (5 kana in the first line, 7 kana in the second line, and 5 kana in the third line) totaling seventeen kana.

2) A foreign adaptation of 1, usually written in three lines totalling 17 syllables or LESS.

As you will notice, there are two definitions. Definition #1 is where many get confused. People tend to confuse kana or a single unit in the Japanese language with the English syllable. 

This is like comparing apples to oranges. Kana cannot be compared to syllables.

Unless you are Japanese, have been writing Japanese, or speak fluent Japanese, you will be writing definition #2.

The difference between the two is that in definition #2, you will be writing three lines of poetry, 17 syllables or LESS. 

This means you do not have to write three lines of 5/7/5 (5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line). You may do so, if you can do it well without fluff words (many can’t). If you write 5/7/5, that does not make your poem more of a haiku than someone who does not write 5/7/5.

My Example
 grey skies await
resplendent colors of dawn
-offending silver moon

FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS

Write a post on your blog, and link it up here with a pingback, or copy-paste the blog link in Comments. Tag it Reena’s Exploration Challenge for easy access in the Blog Roll.

I eagerly await your responses.

LAST WEEK’S ROUNDUP

Amit Agrawal (hecblogger) at

कमाल ही तो है

Jade Li at

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #88 — Maa Durga experience

Jen Goldie at

https://jengoldie493473930.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/yah-were-done-for-reenas-exploration-challenge-88-superstitions-may-23-2019/

Sadje at

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #88

Michael at

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #88 – The Visitor from Number 22.

Reena Saxena at

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/05/27/miracle/

Bladud Fleas at

https://moonisrising.wordpress.com/2019/05/27/a-bit-of-bingo-related-poetry/

Len at

The Four Horsemen

Eugenia at

Weathering the Elements

VJ Knutson at

Raven and Snake

Deborah at awisewomansjourney

https://awisewomansjourney.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/more-than-numbers-double-reverse-fibonacci/