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Tag Archives: simplicity
THE BASICS OF HOKKU AESTHETICS
In a previous posting, you will recall, I said that one may have a verse in the outward form of a hokku, with everything in it correct, and still not have a hokku. That is because to be a real … Continue reading
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Tagged change, hokku, hokku aesthetics, naturalness, poetry, poverty, simplicity, time, transience, writing
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HARMONY OF CONTRAST: PLUM BLOSSOMS AND CHARCOAL DUST
Plum blossoms; They scatter on an empty sack Of charcoal. That is a rewriting of a hokku by Yayū. It is of course a spring hokku. There are, as I have … Continue reading
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ADLESTROP: Significant Simplicity
There are some poems that seem initially lightweight, but nonetheless remain in the mind because that hasty impression is wrong. In fact the first somewhat negative judgment may be just the reflection of a cultural prejudice that a poem must … Continue reading
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Tagged Adlestrop, June, literary analysis, Nightingale Wood, Philip Edward Thomas, poetry, Robert Frost, simplicity, Stella Gibbons, welsh, writing
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THE NATURE OF HOKKU
R. H. Blyth gives a good summary of the characteristics — the nature — of hokku. In that summary we find: 1. Willing limitations (hokku is not “all things to all men” and has willingly-accepted standards and boundaries). 2. … Continue reading
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SO?
The Germans have a great expression — “Na, und?” It is the equivalent of the American “So what?” — or more briefly, “So?” That should be our attitude toward those who like to argue and intellectualize about hokku. Suppose, for … Continue reading
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ZEN AND HOKKU
Hokku is often described as “Zen” verse. Actually it is the most “Zen” of all verse forms, but what does that mean? “Zen” has several meanings. Originally it was just the Japanese pronunciation of a word borrowed from China — … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, haikai, hokku, nature, poetry, poverty, simplicity, Transcendentalism, transience, writing, zen
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