Haiku Bindii

Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group Presents An introduction to Haiku haiku what are they why we write them Saturday 6 April, from 12.30 – 2.30 pm Box Factory  59 Regent St Adelaide. Cost: $8 The haiku is an ancient Japanese poetry form, but it is as relevant today as it has always been. Western poets have adopted and adapted the form to suit contemporary tastes, and the fact that the form continues to evolve in Japan is, paradoxically, entirely in keeping with tradition.  Bindii member Julia Wakefield will give a brief introduction to the combined complexity and simplicity of the haiku form. After a short break, there will be a series of group exercises that focus on composing haiku.  Refreshments provided. To book, contact Julia at Julia.wakefield@gmail.com or call 0433975590

Our first meeting for 2019 had two attendees Lynette Arden and Maeve Archibald The activity chosen by Lynette proved very successful in stimulating ideas for writing haiku. We took it in turn to choose a haiku at random from the book haiku mind by Patricia Donegan. Each haiku was written up on the board and we discussed it. We read the commentary on the poem from the book and considered what it was that we got from the poem. We then used the haiku as a spur for our own writing, taking whatever it had evoked as our guide. This varied between themes, styles, subject matter, and or emotional impact. We discussed and commentated on each other’s work.  Each of us were able to produce 2-3 haiku poems that we found quite satisfying. The chief value in this exercise was the variety of different haiku gave a variety of stimuli perhaps providing a new field from which we could each draw. Maeve Archibald