April 25th, 2010
The Art of Haiku
Tags/ Posted by Lou Freshwateri entered the sanctuary of your still life, driven by the mind i left twitching in the gutter.continue reading this poem
Haiku is a Japanese art-form born from Taoism, Buddhism, and Shintoism. It can be traced back to the seventeenth century in Japan, where it evolved from the clever linked poetry called renga as well as the slightly longer form of tanka. First known as hokku, haiku was only given its current name in the nineteenth century by a Japanese writer named Masaoka Shiki.
