28 January 2017 Haiku Workshop by Julia Wakefield
The workshop,
held at the Box Factory Community Centre in Adelaide, from 1 – 3 pm, was
attended by ten people, of whom eight had not attended a Bindii workshop
previously.
Julia started
off by discussing what made a good haiku and distributed examples and some
guidelines for attendees to read. There was some discussion about the examples
and what each haiku meant to the various participants.
Julia then
moved to a brief overview of the guidelines for writing haiku. There was some
discussion as to what certain guidelines meant, for example the 5/7/5 rule,
which has been discarded outside Japan, and the options for writing in three
lines or other variants. The various formats were examined to see if a haiku
written in one style, such as one line, would be just as effective if
transferred to three lines. The use of the phrase/fragment composition
technique was discussed in some detail, with examples.
Julia then
moved to a discussion of haiku styles, using the categories chosen by World
Haiku Review of Neo-Classical, Shintai and Vanguard. Participants were asked to
look at some haiku examples, pick a favourite to discuss and select one of
these categories to place the haiku.
After a break
for afternoon tea, some practical exercises were distributed and participants
read out some of their results, with some suggestions for improvement being
made by Julia and others.
After the workshop,
some details were given of Bindii meetings and it is hoped that some of the
participants will be interested in attending.
Thanks to Julia
for a relaxed and informal workshop that increased the knowledge of
participants and will hopefully lead them to compose many excellent haiku.
Lynette Arden
Co-Convener
Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group
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