Then, we need to talk about what the 'spirit' of haiku is, and to do that, we first need to know what haiku is.

In a nutshell, 'haiku' is a modern term and concept avocated by the Meiji era writer Shiki MASAOKA, and the traditional works written before him such as by Bashō MATSUO are not 'haiku'.

The haiku-like works written by Japanese Edo era haikai poets were called 'hokku' which means the 'opening line' of 'haikai-renga' (group collaborative linked verse poetry). Therefore they did not compose so called haiku; they placed emphasis on the 'haikai renga' rather than on the opening line.

In contrast, Shiki MASAOKA declared that 'haikai-renga' was not a literary art, and modernized the haikai by extracting only the 'hokku'(opening line) and burying the 'haikai-renga'(group collaborative linked verse poetry), creating the term and concept of haiku.

#haiku #haikai #poem #poetry #micropoetry #literature #Japanese #Japan #traditional #tanka #renga #renku #basho

in wild intoxication
may I be beautiful inside

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@ftwaijing I think we'll finish here. Thank you for good lines, I enjoyed it.

#poetry #renku #inside

overextending in dialogue
with a stranger

on the edge of town
sounds of the locals
loud voices

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@ftwaijing

#poetry #renku #dialogue #stranger #local

tw: body shaming

at freshly baked pie
favourite jam
during a diet

if I only stare at it
it shouldn't go to my waist

*

my body rebels
or my mind is in revolt
hating my softness
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@Najdorf

#renku #tanka #haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #micropoem #mastopoem

can't do much with herself
she was watching restrained

at freshly baked pie
favourite jam
during a diet

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@ftwaijing This my verse doesn't fit that well but I still liked it.

#poetry #haikai #renku #diet

closed a dating app
to enjoy the weekend
alone

my bedside drawer is open
solo playtime needs some toys

*

time I spent alone
did so much more for me than
any companion

@Najdorf
#renku #tanka #poem #poetry #micropoem #mastopoem #haiku #senryu

too much? You did suggest I write more risque poems 😏

may the warmth melts ice
and the queen's charms fall off

closed a dating app
to enjoy the weekend
alone

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@ftwaijing

#poetry #renku #snowqueen #dating #weekend #alone

seeing the light is forbidden
for office workers in winter
but they get fired sometimes

the heat of indignation
won't stop hypothermia

*

the light inside needs
a way to escape; it shines
through cracks in your heart

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@Najdorf

#poetry #poem #renku #micropoem #mastopoem #haiku #senryu

what an embarrassing situation
in a local church

seeing the light is forbidden
for office workers in winter
but they get fired sometimes

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@ftwaijing

#poetry #renku #church #office #fired #winter #light