RE: Today in Japan, Nov 28 ~ Death of the Haiku Poet

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Thank your for sharing your story! Wow. Your haiku journey sounds very interesting. I like to hear people’s “道” story because there is a deep story in it.

Do you have Saijiki? Cool. Japanese students have a chance to learn haiku at school and most of students enjoy learning it I guess. Unfortunately, we stopped learning after finishing school life as you know but people still enjoy haiku through their daily lives. I automatically count 5.7.5 sometimes hahaha! I think it’s people’s “Aruaru”behavior in Japan. I like salaryman senryu as well.



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I think to some degree Japanese language naturally flows in groups of 5 and 7, that's one of the reasons this form of poetry developed. Just like English naturally flows into weak-strong patterns of 5 (iambic pentameter, like in Shakespeare verse). It's interesting how every language has their own style of poetry.

Senryu can be fun. I enjoy reading them in the paper when I get a newspaper. They sometimes remind me of dad jokes (oyaji gag) because they can be silly but funny.

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