| one at one time or another has heard of or read | | | | can use something specific… something |
| haiku poems. This ancient Japanese art form has | | | | present moment to complete this haiku:winter |
| been around for a very long time. And with good | | | | morning --ice crystalshang off the pine |
| reason! | | | | Notice how the phrase actually "completes" the |
| It's a very beautiful and elegant poetic expression. | | | | fragment so to speak. They go together to create |
| With just a few words, the haiku poet can create a | | | | what some poets call an absolute metaphor. That's |
| present moment - a snapshot of nature or an event | | | | not important. What is important is learning how to |
| taking place. No other poetry can do this with such | | | | create phrases for in this your success as a haiku |
| economy, nor with such elegance! | | | | poet rests. Creating phrases has everything to do |
| To create haiku poems, you must understand what it | | | | with creating what haiku poet Ray Rasmussen has |
| is and how it is written today. No longer bound by | | | | called "first order mind sense impressions." |
| the 5-7-5 syllable rule, modern haiku poetry uses | | | | That is, to create a present moment or an event |
| something called phrase and fragments theory to | | | | about a present moment, you need to be able to |
| create with. This is a lot simpler than it sounds. It just | | | | write in the present moment. To practice this, it's a |
| means that most haiku composed in the west uses a | | | | good idea to first read haiku you enjoy by others. |
| sentence fragment - usually something like "winter | | | | Soak in their style and what they do. Then once you |
| morning" to set the mood or ambiance. | | | | have an idea of the kind of things you want to write |
| This is followed by a more complete phrase. For | | | | about, start writing your own haiku poems. |
| example, with a fragment like "winter morning," we | | | | |
