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Shannon Haiku Insight

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Haiku insights from years of teaching folks to write haiku—elementary students, teachers, senior citizens I post more of my own haiku in #haiku from @haveahaiku.bsky.social

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · Feb 11

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www.haiku-insight.org
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vegy🍎power @vegypower.bsky.social · 1d

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 20h

I think this is a swallowtail butterfly.

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 5d

I hate when that happens!

Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 5d

#UpForAChallenge ?
Yes, I did post a haiku using the word “autumn”
yesterday. Did you?

autumn view
sliced up by
slats in the blind

Today can we write like the haiku masters, clearly suggesting the season without naming it?

outside my window—
on one branch, yellow leaves glow in the sun

#haiku

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Thomas L. Vaultonburg @wolftwinthomas.bsky.social · 6d

shale crumbles-
the mountain erases
my last step
#haiku #poetry

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 6d

I remember! I had to do some reading about the two terms. I use shahai sometimes, too, now thanks to your introduction. 😁

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 6d

You might be interested in my reply to Kris:

Both haiga and shahai are correct. Shahai is a newer term specific to haiku + photography. I like the old, more inclusive term haiga to retain historical connection of haiku combined with other visual arts, which goes way back.

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 6d

Both haiga and shahai are correct. Shahai is a newer term specific to haiku + photography. I like the old, more inclusive term haiga to retain historical connection of haiku combined with other visual arts, which goes way back.

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 6d

❤️ the punch in your last line

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 6d

I like that the photo and haiku enrich one another, so the abstract becomes particular and vice versa.
#haiga #shahai

Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 6d

#HaikuTip Listening to Ezra Klein/Brian Eno podcast: creating Art is adult play, discovering & exploring our feelings.

For me, haiku is Art. I am sometimes transported, enlightened, enriched reading haiku & often uncover new meanings as I write haiku of my own, putting feelings into words.

#haiku

Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 7d

In Arkansas in the US, our jasmine is the first to bloom every year, usually near the end of winter. They like cold weather, I guess.

Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 8d

strolling through Bluesky
garden—thank you for your service
#bloomscrolling posters

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 10d

“to be wild and perfect
for a moment, before they are
nothing, forever”

(Excerpt, Mary Oliver’s poem “Peonies”)

#haiku

#HaikuTip Every haiku is an opportunity.

Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 16d

time again to choose
when to pull fading blooms,
replace with pansies

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 18d

Looking for inspiration or advice on how to get started writing haiku?

Two new Writing Prompts have been added on the
www.haiku-insight.org

One is to trigger early autumn observations; the other is step by step instructions on how to write a haiku.

Added more My Haiku also.
#haiku #HaikuTip

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 19d

Lovely haiga!

Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 19d

Striking photo!

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haveahaiku.bsky.social @haveahaiku.bsky.social · 21d

rage and hurt abound—
haiku can be a haven
if we let it

#haiku

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 21d

#HaikuTip Some writers of haiku determinedly keep themselves out of haiku moments they share; not Issa. Others find his many introspective haiku very relatable even today. The day his father was cremated he wrote:

splashing me
the survivor . . .
grassy dew

(p. 64, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)

#haiku

Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks for letting me know. Great! Photos yet!❤️

Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 26d

#HaikuTip A haiku may seem silly on the surface & yet have an undercurrent of sabi (loneliness, melancholy, appreciation for the old & faded), inviting reflection, like this one by Greg Longenecker:

abandoned farm
the dandelions make
their own wishes

(p. 58, Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)
#haiku

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Magedah Shabo @magedah.bsky.social · 26d

#DailyHaikuPrompt (dew) #Haiku

even on
the yellow leaf—
morning dew

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Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · 26d

#HaikuTip Issa poked fun at pomposity, sometimes with potty humor. A mild example:

pointing
at the fart bug . . .
laughing Buddha

(p. 51 of Lanoue’s Write Like Issa)

We need not take ourselves or others too seriously, regardless of station. A haiku can be both funny & food for thought.
#haiku

Shannon Haiku Insight @shannhaikuinsight.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hope surgery went well. Wishing you a quick recovery.