In my experiences with haiku (specifically as taught in Japan by Akegarasu
sensei) is that through kigo a door opens on to a deeper world of the natural
experience. In exploring this way, I have found, at times, there seems to be a
boundary between the personal and the private. As I understand, the personal,
is as all poetry seems to be, that is to say it is written usually by one author
(some genre, like renku and others are constructed to be written by multiple
authors, though), at any rate, the linking verses are by one and only one of the
contributing authors. Therefore, I consider such poetry, personal.
In conjuction with poetry being personal, there are sometimes a boundary
preserved where the poetry is private, that is, experienced only by the author
and perhaps a few with similar experience or reference. This boundary can be
due to culture as well as geography and can occur at a regional as well as a
national level.
There are factors for a private poem becoming broader thus narrowing the gap.
This, I feel, can be shown in a poem whether to
name a flower in specific terms, thus, identifying more specifically the
characteristics of that flower. I feel, there is a range of information, (if
you will, the Goldilocks' zone), in which you've given just the right amount of
information, be it a footnote, scientific name, common name, etc., ... by which
the optimum is reached to convey the degree of feeling the author wants or
desires in the words. (I believe the "kigo" concept and use can be helpful in
this respect, also.)
I enjoy finding those poems that lean toward the private because it expands my
personal view when I explore their deeper meaning. Of course, this is but a
personal preference, as I understand there are a variety of approaches to
writing and reading poetry.
Poets helping poets...
Ciao...
sensei) is that through kigo a door opens on to a deeper world of the natural
experience. In exploring this way, I have found, at times, there seems to be a
boundary between the personal and the private. As I understand, the personal,
is as all poetry seems to be, that is to say it is written usually by one author
(some genre, like renku and others are constructed to be written by multiple
authors, though), at any rate, the linking verses are by one and only one of the
contributing authors. Therefore, I consider such poetry, personal.
In conjuction with poetry being personal, there are sometimes a boundary
preserved where the poetry is private, that is, experienced only by the author
and perhaps a few with similar experience or reference. This boundary can be
due to culture as well as geography and can occur at a regional as well as a
national level.
There are factors for a private poem becoming broader thus narrowing the gap.
This, I feel, can be shown in a poem whether to
name a flower in specific terms, thus, identifying more specifically the
characteristics of that flower. I feel, there is a range of information, (if
you will, the Goldilocks' zone), in which you've given just the right amount of
information, be it a footnote, scientific name, common name, etc., ... by which
the optimum is reached to convey the degree of feeling the author wants or
desires in the words. (I believe the "kigo" concept and use can be helpful in
this respect, also.)
I enjoy finding those poems that lean toward the private because it expands my
personal view when I explore their deeper meaning. Of course, this is but a
personal preference, as I understand there are a variety of approaches to
writing and reading poetry.
Poets helping poets...
Ciao...