kitchen window sill Somehow I find it impossible to make something happen in my haiku. I can set a scene, give an outcome and sketch a mood. Provide an explanation or a reason and give an opinion. But finding a suitable protagonist and create a 'happening' within the constraints of the haiku, is outside my reach and imagination. Any suggestions? |
To me, plants grown in my garden, are my children. I react to them and they react back. [Often by giving up the ghost or disappearing, it has to be said :-). So in a way flowers and leaves and trees are as much of an actor in my scenes as the birds and animals are. But if I start giving them dialogue, or assigning opinions and emotions to them, then I feel things are going too far. This haiku crystalization process is bringing these facts home to me. More than the hundreds of longer poems I have written, even more than the many sonnets, which are also severely restrictive. Writing yesterday's haibun gave me a rush of freedom. |
Written for a prompt at CarpeDiem
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