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Haiku Per Se

Started by JGalmitz, June 04, 2013, 01:32:48 PM

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JGalmitz

June 04, 2013, 01:32:48 PM
Isn't it ironic that Shiki created haiku from hokku in the belief that it was (along with a revamped tanka) the best bet on salvaging Japanese indigenous art from the onslaught of foreign influences at the turn of the 20th C.
The defense, it turns out, became quite an offense, considering English speaking/writing people subjected themselves as faithfully as they could to what they imagine is Japanese haiku/poetry rather than incorporating it into the English idiom and history of poetry.
What a laugh, no?
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