Haiku? What’s a haiku? – Creative writing – Spring 2021
16.4.2021
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ACN's Creative Writing course taught by American faculty member, Lillian Rosa spent this semester exploring various aspects of creative writing with haiku poems at the forefront of their studies. In this post, you'll find a selection of their tremendous and impressive work this semester. Great work, Creative Writing students!
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According to Britannica dictionary, a Haiku is an “unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, respectively. The haiku first emerged in Japanese literature during the 17th century, as a terse reaction to elaborate poetic traditions, though it did not become known by the name haiku until the 19th century.”
Originally, the haiku form was restricted in subject matter to an objective description of nature suggestive of one of the seasons, evoking a definite, though unstated, emotional response. The form gained distinction early in the Tokugawa period (1603–1867) when the great master Bashō elevated the hokku to a highly refined and conscious art. He began writing what was considered this “new style” of poetry in the 1670s, while he was in Edo (now Tokyo).[1]
In addition to learning about the different literary genres, their styles, rhetoric, etc., ACN’s Creative Writing course combines the theoretical with the practice to stimulate the students’ creativity and, perhaps, introduce them to their inner, and as yet unrevealed, writer. One of these exercises, which was meant strictly to stimulate their creativity, was to write their own Haiku poems. Following is their (inspirational) work!
SPRING SEMESTER 2021 – CREATIVE WRITING
A little toadstool
alone in the dark forest
knows only the moss
Soft light touches me
dappled through the canopy
warmth after winter
Rain on the rooftop
water droplets on windows
softly now to sleep
—Emma Kristine Beard
Whimsical dreamscape
a beautiful happenstance
in the break of spring
Incandescent haze
crestfallen in the garden
underneath the moon
The evergreen fields
weeping willows whirl the wind
like a fever dream
–Cecily S. Buch
Surfers are silent,
down the tall, crashing blue wall
they run like water
Geckos are adorable
in the lush cool green grass
they run so fast
–Cathelin Sunniva Eidsvåg
He looked in my eyes
and he saw the broken soul
that I tried to hide
The rain poured down hard
making the ground breathe again
while the sun came out
March has yet to pass
shadows of summer arise
dancing with the moon
Looking at the sun
his eyes shone like diamonds
soul free from hiding
–Julie Einvik Grønvold
Winter
The snowflake fell down
silence heard out in the night
cold beneath my feet
Spring
A seed about to grow
the wind lingers in the trees
life born all over again
–Anonymous
Met you on a date
in the backyard of your house
in seventh grade
Pay attention to
what you learn in the classroom
or else you will fail
In the dark corner
where her little body lays
she favors quiet
Remember your dreams
like they are reality
then you will find peace
Haikus are easy
but sometimes they don’t make sense
geometrical
–Emilie Ness Kolnes
A grand alien
in a known house, I thought
here, my own stranger
no sounds around
only loud blaring phones
weird days it is
–Tiril Margrethe Søderstrøm Lindberg
The fur is so soft
A visitor with a shot
Blood is freezing cold
Thirteen years of life
Shovel in a frozen ground
Friday the 13th creeps up
The freezer is dark
The fur is soft, eyes squeezed shut
Tight wrapped plastic bag
–Kamilla Waagen
FOUR SEASONS
AUTUMN
Autumn night brightens
Revealing its hidden side
Mist brings the raw grey
The friend of the moon
Companions for a lifetime
They will watch with grace
Autumn night will glean
But things will rapidly morph
Watch veracity
A fallen blossom
Accepts crimson maple leaves
It will rise again
Holy foliage
Carry gold in its pockets
A burnished secret
WINTER
The first, light shower
Crystals dance on their way down
Greeting friends to join
The powdery flakes
Hide the vulnerable treasure
Hoping for rescue
Waiting for daylight
Tucked away again this year
Quiet, it keeps them tarry
SPRING
Hope lights the moon now
The friends are gathered again
Spring has come to stay
A bluebird has heard
The dream of spring has checked in
A wild and free start
Sun shines on secrets
Brighter than a daffodil
They fly up so high
SUMMER
So much life ahead
Perfection in every way
Healthy hopes staying
Days bask in the sun
The long-awaited season
Swim in the colors
Soft serve gone hastily
Light, small drops drip from an oar
Troubling the mirror
–Kaja Severeide Østmark
The heating sunlight
Filtering through the leaves
Soft breeze on my skin
–Thea Rismyhr
“ I was inspired by the word Komorebi (木漏れ日) as it always brings me a strong feeling of the transition between winter and spring”
Still staying at home
Do not know how to remain
Still staying at home
–Jim Westgård
The breeze from the wind
gently brushing through the trees
a landscape so pure
a fresh green garden
owned by a soul filled with hope
reborn and ready
darkness is scary
fear not but step out and look
may the stars bring hope
–Vanessa Rusten
[1] haiku | Definition, Format, Poems Example, & Facts | Britannica
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