Poetry Talk
Anyone want to talk poetry? I (or someone else) could post a poem from a well-known poet once per week or so and we can discuss. Any takers?
Just for reading the post, here's a haiku I really like:
Just for reading the post, here's a haiku I really like:
I go
you stay;
two autumns
- Masaoka Shiki (translated by Robert Hass)
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...I may be uneducated on haikus, but doesn't it go in a 5,7,5 syllable pattern??
{And I have a whole book of poems by... well, I forgot her name but this sounds really fun}
{And I have a whole book of poems by... well, I forgot her name but this sounds really fun}
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@Graci Laren, most people learn about haiku from non-experts who focus on an accident of early haiku translations into English that equated Japanese sound units with English syllables -- an unequal match since Japanese sound units are shorter. Outside of a few skillful exceptions, most modern English language haiku poets do not adhere to any syllable counts. That's that tldr version. For a longer explanation, Michael Dylan Welch does a great job here.
@Agnes Deadmann, not for this. I'd like us to focus on enjoying and learning by reading other people's poems together. That said, no reason you can't start another thread where people post their own stuff (if there isn't one already).
@Agnes Deadmann, not for this. I'd like us to focus on enjoying and learning by reading other people's poems together. That said, no reason you can't start another thread where people post their own stuff (if there isn't one already).
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That was actually incredibly helpful, thank you
I am ignorant no longer, and apparently learning new things everyday
I am ignorant no longer, and apparently learning new things everyday
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