starry night (haiku)
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(04-01-2013, 09:40 AM)Heartafire Wrote:  Lovely in french, liebe, thank you! This piece was inspired by Van Gogh's "The Starry Night", I wanted to include his painting but was unable to. trueenigma, why do you feel this is not a haiku, you did not say.
Heart
A haiku contains two parts, or thoughts, with a division juxtaposing them in complicity. A haiku also contains a kigo. I know, I know, you (and wiki) say that modern haikus don't have to follow these standards, but wiki is not poetry's commanding authority.

Just because there is a trend similar to haiku that is being called haiku, that doesn't make it haiku.That doesn't make it less significant, but haiku is a form, and if the form is not followed, then it is not haiku.

There is no such thing as a "free form villinelle", or a "non-metered sonnet".

I wouldn't let it bother you. You still have a beautiful poem.
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starry night (haiku) - by Heartafire - 03-23-2013, 12:46 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by softlyfalling - 03-23-2013, 04:01 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by billy - 03-23-2013, 12:59 PM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Heartafire - 03-24-2013, 12:22 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by billy - 03-26-2013, 06:43 PM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Heartafire - 03-26-2013, 11:51 PM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by milo - 03-31-2013, 05:46 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by billy - 04-01-2013, 10:10 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by lolo - 03-24-2013, 02:58 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Todd - 03-26-2013, 06:15 PM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Soaring Eagle - 03-31-2013, 03:22 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by trueenigma - 03-31-2013, 06:50 PM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Heartafire - 04-01-2013, 09:12 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by serge gurkski - 04-01-2013, 09:24 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Heartafire - 04-01-2013, 09:40 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by trueenigma - 04-01-2013, 11:00 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by serge gurkski - 04-01-2013, 10:06 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Heartafire - 04-01-2013, 10:08 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Heartafire - 04-01-2013, 10:18 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by billy - 04-01-2013, 11:10 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by trueenigma - 04-01-2013, 11:52 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by billy - 04-01-2013, 01:29 PM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Heartafire - 04-01-2013, 01:56 PM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by billy - 04-01-2013, 03:21 PM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by serge gurkski - 04-01-2013, 10:25 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Todd - 04-01-2013, 10:58 AM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Todd - 04-01-2013, 12:50 PM
RE: starry night (haiku) - by Heartafire - 04-03-2013, 09:30 AM



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