An analysis of the haiku of Matsuo Bashō.
via Matsuo Bashō | The Art of the Haiku — Art Subtext
I too write Haiku at times, and I often sit out on my back veranda, looking at the clouds, the grass, the trees, the birds, and I think on Nature. Sometimes small, haiku style poems come from such contemplation.
Other times no such writing may come from it, in terms of the writing of poetry, but such peaceful contemplation is a good thing in itself, calming and stress free, bliss … Anything that can bring feelings such as these into your life, that is surely a good thing? Life is good, or at least should be, yes? Yes.
Haiku written when paying attention only to the ‘rules’ is not the best way to go. It can lead to an understanding, but paying attention to Nature, rather than rules, that is the way to gain a deeper understanding of what haiku can be.
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 