time again to choose when to pull fading blooms, replace with pansies #haiku

Looking for inspiration or advice on how to get started writing haiku? Two new Writing Prompts have been added on the www.haiku-insight.org One is to trigger early autumn observations; the other is step by step instructions on how to write a haiku. Added more My Haiku also. #haiku #HaikuTip

rage and hurt abound— haiku can be a haven if we let it #haiku

#HaikuTip Some writers of haiku determinedly keep themselves out of haiku moments they share; not Issa. Others find his many introspective haiku very relatable even today. The day his father was cremated he wrote: splashing me the survivor . . . grassy dew (p. 64, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa) #haiku

#HaikuTip A haiku may seem silly on the surface & yet have an undercurrent of sabi (loneliness, melancholy, appreciation for the old & faded), inviting reflection, like this one by Greg Longenecker: abandoned farm the dandelions make their own wishes (p. 58, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa) #haiku

#DailyHaikuPrompt (dew) #Haiku even on the yellow leaf— morning dew

#HaikuTip Issa poked fun at pomposity, sometimes with potty humor. A mild example: pointing at the fart bug . . . laughing Buddha (p. 51 of Lanoue’s Write Like Issa) We need not take ourselves or others too seriously, regardless of station. A haiku can be both funny & food for thought. #haiku

harvest the 'shhhh' of flowing grain in the silo #dailyhaikuprompt (harvest) #haiku

#haiku unseasonal cool an egret goose stepping

Is it #haiku or #senryu ? Depends on who you ask. Issa knew about senryu & he poked fun at human foibles, but he called his poems “haiku” because they weren’t just shallow fun; they triggered thought about human nature.* Human nature is nature too. *p. 47, David Lanoue’s Write Like Issa #HaikuTip

#HaikuTip For Issa “any & all experiences [were] worthy of attention and suitable for haiku.” Lanoue wrote: someone else couldn’t sleep, the warm toilet seat & he quoted: the silent party after the guests leave ant covered shrimp by Kath Abela Wilson (pp. 43,44 Lanoue’s Write Like Issa) #haiku

I wrote this #haibun some time ago, when still a much too-old soldier, in the trenches, North East Ukraine. Nowadays my knee injury blocks all such nonsense... #WildWalkPrompt Another slightly longer version is available soon on my Medium.com posts I sometimes post here, unnoticed! #SlavaUkraini

Even in troubled times, I find joy in reading Issa’s haiku & writing like Issa. Issa helps me zoom in on details of life around me, responding in childlike wonder, as Tom Sacramona does here: a puppy licking the dew off everything (p. 37, of David G . Lanoue’s Write Like Issa) #haiku #HaikuTip

common haiku theme impermanence—some Bluesky haijin come and go #haiku (haijin=one who writes haiku) Google provides other options, too, but this is the meaning that fits here.

#HaikuTip I’m preparing a course based on the book Write Like Issa: A Haiku How-To by David G. Lanoue. I’ll post some snippets here. Issa wrote with empathy & compassion, respecting every creature as his peer & companion in life: the cricket’s winter residence . . . my quilt (poem on p. 12)

#HaikuTip Ever need help revising your haiku? A fresh eye can be helpful when you’re stuck. Just remember that your writing belongs to you. If someone’s suggestion doesn’t get you closer to what you want, say so. In attempting to clarify, you may find your own answer. (1/2) #haiku

Trees clustered between, clouds adding dimmer filter, light still reaches me #morningmood #haiku #haiga

#HaikuTip Searching for content? Here’s a challenge/prompt you can use anytime: Try looking at the world through an imaginary zoom lens. Many classic haiku capture moments from everyday life. It’s not big ideas or big words that make haiku meaningful; it’s close attention to small things. #haiku

late morning~ we share slices of apple over crossword clues #haiku

too drenched in fog to wave from the rusty pole American flag #haiku

Beach days are best days Play together in the sand Running to the sea #haiku

Brevity is key our thoughts turn to the page of What the day may bring #haiku #poetry #art

#HaikuTip Don’t let what you don’t know about syllables keep you from writing haiku. The video on why westerners can’t really replicate the Japanese rule made my eyes glaze over. For us in the west now, brevity and getting readers to share a moment that stands out to us is the goal. #haiku

low tide, a dad his daughter, their steps form small ripples #haiku #poetry #nature

among early fall leaves on the patio—feather remnants of a dove #haiku

#HaikuTip “It is necessary to write if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment?” (quoting Vita Sackville-West) Reading & writing #haiku can help you recognize meaningful “butterfly moments” in your life & net them for keeps.

Astrophytum "Super Kabuto" 🌱🌵 #Cactus #flower #bloomscrolling

just five seven five not all it takes to be good— as this one shows us #haiku

safe inside the cage and yet shrimp plant blooms through the wire #haiku

sound of a single cicada— then silence #haiku

#bloomscrolling #cats

#HaikuTip 2/2 Do you enjoy starting with a prompt, challenge, or fantasy? Fine. Start there. But if you make the next step relating the prompt, challenge, or fantasy to a real experience or memory of one, you’re more likely to write something that “rings true” and benefits your readers. #haiku

#HaikuTip What haiku CAN be: You can start with a true moment (that happened to you or to someone else). You can hold that moment in a spotlight of carefully selected and arranged words so that others can see the beauty, feel the realization, the connection of that moment for themselves. 1/2 #haiku

granddaughter is 22 today— we blinked #haiku #senryu (Inspired by an unintentional haiku text from her mother @katharyndaniels.bsky.social )

sapphire sea unable to lose or find the sky #vss365 (sapphire) #haiku

sapphire blue the collective dip of paintbrushes #vss365 #haiku #senryu

white chrysanthemum... before that perfect flower scissors hesitate #Haiku by Yosa Buson (1716-1783) #micropoetry #poem

#HaikuTip : Choose impactful words as you revise. Consider nuances of meaning & connotations. Listen to the sound of each word & also how they sound together. How do various options make you feel? Make each word (& where you put it) fit your intended meaning. #haiku #HaikuTip

Be sure you catch the conclusion to this video to understand essence!

in my garden such gorgeous dahlias! and a dry well #HaikuChallenge #dahlia #InkMine #well #Haiku #micropoetry

Bougainvillea #bloomscrolling

all that goes unsaid— ex returns my Hi #haiku #senryu

this year around the stump sun-loving flowers #haiku

reflection— a painful detour for the bird #haiku

heavy mists a fine harvest of jewelled cobwebs #poetry #smallpoems

sun plus sprinkler— do it yourself rainbow #haiku

#HaikuTip: Take another look at nature haiku. Old masters couched insights about human life in nature haiku. Some folks still suggest connections without spelling them out. Lingering with a haiku that moves you may reveal more layers—even in one you wrote! #haiku

today the water too hot for swimming #haiku

#HaikuTip : Creativity flourishes as we strain to fit limits, but limits that are too rigid hinder expression. Basho, ancient haiku master, believed in learning all the rules & then forgetting them. Or, as I put it, stash them in your toolbox to employ as needed to keep your writing fresh. #haiku

#HaikuTip: Google “Haiku Rules That Have Come And Gone” to get Jane Reichhold’s list of 65. She suggests picking ones that provide you optimum challenge/freedom balance. I’ve tried following and breaking most of them at different times, so I prefer to call them Guidelines rather than Rules. #haiku