Introduction to Haiku

131 Walnut St,Saugus MA 01906

23 January, 2021

Description

Celebrate nature with the worlds most popular poetry form. Introduction to Haiku:The aim of haiku is to help you know the world through your five senses. A good haiku lets you feel simple yet profound emotions about ordinary life. It helps you be more deeply aware of nature’s unfolding pageant of seasons. It shows you the uncommon in the common, the extraordinary in the ordinary, helping you to notice what is too easily unnoticed. As translator R. H. Blyth once wrote, “Haiku shows us what we knew all the time, but did not know we knew; it shows us that we are poets in so far as we live at all.” Haiku connect us to the natural world. Haiku provides solace and promotes gratitude. Celebrate the extraordinary in the ordinary with the worlds most popular poetry form. What to Expect:To find an antidote to our 21st Century rushed lifestyle. To slow down, breathe, and be mindful.An introduction to the history and technique of haiku. To write haiku or haiku-like observations about the natural world on your own. Schedule: Introduction to the history and technique of the poetic form.Examine a selection of seasonal haiku for inspiration.Break and prepare for our walk. Walk in the woods to deepen our attention, to use our senses, and to welcome in the beauty of the natural world. Return and share our observations and haiku.Celebrate all that we experienced. Guidelines:The entire workshop will take place outside. We will be wearing masks and observing social distance at all times. All levels of experience are welcome. What haiku requires of us:Close observation.Employment of all our senses.Openness to experience.Connection with the natural world. Facts about Haiku:Haiku are small but powerful three-line poems that originated in Japan over 400 years ago. Most of us think a haiku is a three-line poem with 5, 7, and 5 syllables in the lines, but this brief poem is capable of so much more than that. Most contemporary English-language haiku poets don’t worry about counting syllables. Instructor:Brad Bennett is an award-winning haiku poet living in Arlington, Massachusetts. He studied with Japanese haiku masters. He has published over six hundred haiku. He has taught haiku to hundreds of students. Haiku : "a turn in the river" by Brad Bennett.summer solsticea length of worm between two robins a black seed under the chickadee’s foot winter morning swan featherson the leeward shore last light of daytall oaksa first grader whistlesan acorn cap