Tag Archives: Rōka

COLD RAIN

I hope many of you paid close attention to the recent articles here about the hokku calendar.  Here is where we are now as we move toward autumn’s end: Autumn: Begins with Lammas (Harvest Home — Lughnasa), August 1.  1st … Continue reading

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SADNESS, OBJECTIVELY

Yesterday we discussed emotion in hokku, and how it is better not to present it openly but rather indirectly, through the objective elements of a hokku. There are certain old hokku, however, where direct mention of an emotion is found, … Continue reading

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