Saturday, July 20, 2013

Criteria

summer grasses --
the wheels of a locomotive
come up to a stop
Seishi Yamaguchi

I believe that a reference to nature is key to the criteria of a haiku. Modern creations can be included but they are used to illustrate a contrast, another element of haiku. If the poem does not have a natural reference, I see it simply as a free verse poem.

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