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The HAIKU Moment

The HAIKU Moment. SHORT ON WORDS LONG IN MEANING. During this lesson you will-. Define HAIKU and related terms Discuss the origins and philosophy of HAIKU Brainstorm and list modifiers and kigo (season words) Select the best words to capture the moment Create three HAIKU

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The HAIKU Moment

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  1. The HAIKU Moment SHORT ON WORDS LONG IN MEANING

  2. During this lesson you will- • Define HAIKU and related terms • Discuss the origins and philosophy of HAIKU • Brainstorm and list modifiers and kigo (season words) • Select the best words to capture the moment • Create three HAIKU • One HAIKU for three different scenes • Or three HAIKU for one scene

  3. WHAT IS HAIKU? • HAIKU is one of the shortest forms of poetry • It is highly structured • There are many rules - BUT • Not all need to be followed or observed every time • Modern HAIKUcontains seventeen syllables • There are three lines • The traditional syllabic breakdown is 5 – 7 – 5 • It includes a seasonal or natural theme

  4. Yes, but what is it really? Think of HAIKU as a verbal photograph • It captures a pure moment in time • It instills words with the emotional essence of that moment • It allows the reader to share the experience of that moment • It allows for the reader’s own understanding of the moment (Wu)

  5. HAIKU Historically Off-shoot of Japanese poetry called renga • 15th century renga • collaborative effort • several poets contributed • alternating verses - 17 syllables and 14 syllables • generally had 100 verses • academic and dignified

  6. Move toward modern HAIKU • 16th century renga • moved away from staid, academic tradition • more humourous form • Haikai-renga • used parody and pun • recognized things in daily life • Origin of the HAIKU • beginning verse in renga poems called hokku • sometimes presented as independent poems

  7. The WAY of the MASTER

  8. Matsuo Basho

  9. Biography • Matsuo Munefusa (1644-1694) • Born to a samurai family, but preferred solitude and became a wanderer • Lived in Kyoto and Edo (Tokyo) but traveled to many parts of Japan and wrote poetic diaries of his journeys • Died in Osaka • Basho is sobriquet meaning the broad leaf banana plant he received as a gift from one of his many students and kept planted outside his hut

  10. Philosophy • Zen Buddhism • Karumi (lightness), sabi (serenity), and wabi (simplicity) • Dramatic and elegant • Exaggerate humor, depression, ecstasy or confusion • Paradoxical • Focus on the natural world and humanity’s existence within it

  11. BASHO • Scarecrow in the hillockPaddy field --How unaware!  How useful! • On Buddha's deathday,  wrinkled tough old hands pray –  the prayer beads' sound  • Delight, then sorrow,  aboard the cormorant  fishing boat  • A lightning gleam:into darkness travelsa night heron's scream. • fragrant orchid—into a butterfly’s wingsit breathes incense

  12. Buson Yosa

  13. Biography • Buson Taniguchi (1716-1784) • Painter and poet • Orphaned at a young age • Studied in Edo then traveled through northern Japan • settled in Kyoto

  14. Philosophy • Clear images • Descriptive (artistic, painterly) • Idealized scenery, not realistic • Focus on the essence not the surface • Very dependent on Japanese language and not easily translatable • Worked to return Haiku to purity without superficial wit

  15. A kite floatsAt the place in the skyWhere it floated yesterday • Grasses are misty,The waters silent --A tranquil evening • In pale moonlight the wisteria's scent comes from far away • A long hard journey, rain beating down the clover like a wanderer's feet • Butterfly in my hand --As if it were a spiritUnearthly, insubstantial. BUSON

  16. Kobayashi Issa

  17. Biography • Kobayashi Yataro (1763-1827) • Moved to Edo at 13 because of evil stepmother • Traveled extensively to Kyoto, Osaka, Nagasaki and other western cities • Returned home at 51 and married, but lost his children in infancy and his wife in childbirth • After losing his house to a fire, he married again and finally had a daughter who was born after his death at 65

  18. Philosophy • Personal / subjective • Plain language and local dialects • Humor and sarcasm • Most important part unsaid

  19. grasshopper -do not trample to piecesthe pearls of bright dew • The distant mountains are reflected in the eye of the dragonfly • Under my house an inchworm measuring the joists. • My dear old village, pierces like a thornevery memory of home • Ah, the sad expression in the eyes of that caged bird - envying the butterfly! ISSA

  20. Masaoka Shiki

  21. Biography • Masaoko Tsunenori ( 1867-1902) • Modest samurai family • Father died when Shiki was 5 • Had tuberculosis for most of his life (Shiki is a legendary bird that coughs up blood when it sings) • Studied at the Imperial Univesity in Tokyo • Worked as a war correspondent • Bed-ridden after 1898 • Prolific journalist and poet

  22. Philosophy • Haiku reform • Western ideals from art and literature • Shasei or life sketches • Continued focus on nature and daily life • Realism • Deep acceptance of things as they are

  23. now and againit turns to hailthe wind is strong • after the battlea pear tree bloomsby the ruined house • an infant steps on the green grass barefoot • how much longer is my life?a brief night... • coming outto close the gate I end uplistening to frogs SHIKI

  24. HAIKU Activities

  25. Go to http://www.ahapoetry.com/japgloss.HTMand http://dictionary.reference.com/to define these terms- renga tanka hokku haikai syllabic kigo similemetaphor gerund karumi sabi wabi shibumi yugen Vocabulary

  26. Brainstorming activity- Work in pairs Find words and phrases expressing different seasons Think about what is happening with – weather plants and animals people’s activities and traditions astronomy and astrology other indicators you feel represent a particular season KIGO

  27. Class ActivityLook carefully at the image on the screenAs a class we will select what kigo words or phrases best capture the image and write them on the board

  28. Your Task It’s your turn to try your hand at writing HAIKU- Look through the catalog of photographs to choose scenes as your inspiration • You will write three poems • One poem for three different scenes • Three poems for a single scene • Keep in mind the definition we are using • 17 Syllables • Nature theme with kigo • Verbal photograph • For the Final Product we will • Record your HAIKU using Audacity • Upload your poems and photo(s) to the class podcast website

  29. Resources AHA poetry site - Haiku Technique and Haiku Rules That Have Come and Gone The Green Leaf Files Haiku Poet’s Hut Haiku for People Mushimegane

  30. Bibliography Lesson idea- • B. Wu, Murry Bergtraum HS, New York, NYhttp://www.schoollink.org/csd/pages/engl/haiku.html General biography and philosophy information- • http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Island/5022/index.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ • http://www.big.or.jp/~loupe/links/enginx.shtml Additional information- • Ueda, Makoto. "Matsuo Basho." Encyclopedia Americana. 2008. Grolier Online. 10 Apr. 2008 http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0263370-00 • http://haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp/~shiki/sm/sm.html • http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/shiki.htm • http://terebess.hu/english/haiku/shiki.html Haiku translations- • The Green Leaf Files http://thegreenleaf.co.uk/files.htm Images and slideshows- • Unless otherwise indicated, all images were taken from PPT clipart or public domain

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