It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I don’t know enough to judge a haiku for it’s composition, beyond 5,7,5. But, if it sparks a scene in my mind then it’s slipped past the gates and I’m onboard. I enjoy long form poetry, I really do love a journey, but the best stories arent full of pages for me, no, it is the best pages that are full of stories.
Im new to this, so bear with me, but I see poetry as a window into a moment of memory, fractured by the poets ability to understand and express. Haiku may have simple rules, but it all comes down to the resolution of the poets expression. Too wide a brush and we fall off the edges. Too fine a point and we get lost in the cracks. If a poet can paint a whole thousand words somewhere in the middle of falling off and falling through then they have gifted us a masterpiece.
And regardless of the value we each give it, it will be art. Gives us allllllllll the covers! I hope you’ve written a whole pile of them this season. :)
