The haiku in today's haiga(illustrated haiku)
crossing the street
the day moon
on my right
--gillena cox
Today's note syllables
crossing the street/the day moon/on my right = 10 syllables
Present day writers of haiku in English agree; stay within 17syllables, or you cross over into another genre.
In English hai.ku = 2 syllables; in Japanese ha.i.ku = 3 syllables
Today's tag
I invite you to share some of your syllables expertise with me
Thank you-- Magyar for
stepping from the form
this pattern constricts our minds
a model changes
locking in
rules can harm the thought
think beyond
this fence
we leap across
new field
