Sails is a section of troutswirl that is devoted to presenting questions for discussion and debate on the nature and possibilities of haiku. Sails will be overseen by Peter Yovu. For an introduction to this section, see Sails.
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1st Sailing
by Peter Yovu
Why do you read haiku?
In interviews, writers are often asked: “Why do you write”? I don’t think I’ve ever come across the question: “Why do you read”? For us, the question is: “Why do you read haiku”? If you are a writer, do you bring a poet’s sensibility to reading, or something different? If you are that rare person who does not write but only reads haiku, please tell us what your experience is. If anyone wishes to tell the story of their first encounter with haiku, please do. What effect does it have upon you? What would you tell others to encourage them to read haiku (or perhaps you could change the question slightly and say how you like to read—while listening, for example, to Debussy, or to Led Zeppelin)? There are of course many questions within the question presented, and that will likely always be the case. And by the way, in a few weeks a new “sail” will be hoisted, but that does not mean this subject will be closed. In time, I hope, there will be an accumulation of many questions and many responses which may be visited and revisited at any time. Okay then, I look forward to what you have to say. I’ll drop a line or two myself at some point.
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sorry, this should have posted on the second Sailing
Good question:
I’m sorry to say that I do not own a copy of any Wills’s
books, although I have acquired a number of John’s
poems, especially his bird haiku and I have them printed
out. Why? Because John takes me to those places that I
know and am familiar with; probably better than anyone
else can. That said. Nicolas A. Virgilio’s Selected
Haiku, is probably the only volume of haiku that I have
reread say a dozen times(?). Why? Because I have writ-
ten a lot of poems about loss, especially about my still-
born son, as Nick did about his younger brother. And
honestly, I do not recall how many times that I have
given away my copy and/or have sold copies for the
Virgilio Haiku Assoc., at HSA meetings along with the New
CD.
But, I am not a great reader, I am a fan of poets, and as
Micheal, I also look to see what some friends are doing
whether we’ve met at meetings, or are simply good Net
buddies.
The main reason that I do not read a lot of haiku is
because I do not want to be influenced by anyone, not
that there is anything wrong with it, it’s just the way I am.
Some of my favorite poets are: Peter Yovu, Vince Tripi,
Yu Chang, the late John Crook, Gary Hotham, & H.F. Noyes.
I’ve followed here, both Burns & Mason, since they came
up.
“The connections between haiku and photography go far beyond “snapshot”. ”
here is an old one I just found …
haiku moments
in the temple garden
stones asleep
LOOK
http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2005/05/haiku-and-moments.html
or click on my name to get there !
Gabi
Follow up to last post . When I said “if there was ever a haiku photographer… it was H C-B” I was referring to one aspect of the art of haiku, to what we usually refer to as “the haiku moment”. Cartier-Bresson, not only in his photos but in his writings, is brilliantly linked to the aspirations and practices of those who write in that fashion, and I believe much can be learned from him. But if you accept, as I do, that there are other aspects and possibilities re: haiku, than it is possible to look at and learn from other photographers. One might go to Minor White, for example, for sacred and inner geometries; and one might go to Jerry Uelsmann or Robert ParkeHarrison for work that corresponds to gendai haiku, or at least some aspects of it. The connections between haiku and photography go far beyond “snapshot”.
Click on my name for Minor White photo.
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