Gael, I like your "idling mind" phrase. After years of doodling senryu and haiku and other ditties, I have found that the ones I am most pleased with come without effort. Perhaps something I observed just for a second while walking the dogs or driving the back roads to work, forms a haiku in my mind. Sometimes it needs a little polishing and structuring, but many of them come to me when I am not trying so hard to write one. My periods of writer's block invariably occur when I am trying too hard to write haiku. The best ones come when I have nothing on my mind, but am receptive to the thoughts that come from everyday observations.
Exercises like Full deck are fun and great practice for the structuring part. I need the "idling mind" to truly see what I observe.
Will
Exercises like Full deck are fun and great practice for the structuring part. I need the "idling mind" to truly see what I observe.
Will