Haiku Workshop by Julia Wakefield for Bindii Japanese Genre Poetry Group
The workshop commenced at 12.30. To begin, Julia asked participants
to select a card with a visual stimulus for writing a haiku. We were expected to
work on composing a haiku through the afternoon for presentation at the end of
the workshop.
Julia distributed a handout outlining the basic principles
of haiku with traditional rules and technical requirements, followed by many
haiku examples, both traditional and modern.
Julia started by telling us why she writes haiku and still
finds it an exciting challenge, then spoke about the guidelines for haiku
writing.
Participants each found a haiku from the worksheets to
comment on and share with the group, then performed various exercises, such as
completing the last line of a haiku when the first two were given and
rearranging the structure of a given haiku example into one, two or three
lines. There was much discussion about the merit of examples and what they
meant to each participant.
The workshop continued after a short break for refreshments
with a look at various view of haiku by such authors as Penny Harter and Martin
Lucas.
To finish the session participants presented the haiku they
had composed for the postcards. There was a good deal of discussion about these
haiku and how they might be structurally improved.
Julia will organize a follow up email workshop for
participants.
The workshop concluded at 2.45 pm.
Lynette Arden
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