!!! Open for your submissions next Sunday February 11th at 7:00 PM (CET) !!!
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
Welcome at this new Carpe Diem Weekend-Meditation. This weekend I have chosen for our new weekend-meditation feature "Out Of The Box". In this feature I challenge you to think out of the box of Japanese poetry forms. And this week I have chosen for the challenging Tau-ku.
Maybe you know the "pi-ku", a very short poem in which you have to use the mathematical number "pi" (3.14) . In the "pi-ku" the first line counts three syllables, the second line 1 syllable and the third line 4 syllables. Let me give you an example from my archives:
 |
| The Thinker - Augustin Rodin |
The Thinker
alone
no more thoughts
© Chèvrefeuille
A nice form don't you think so too? Well ... Tau-ku is almost the same however it works with the mathematical number "tau" or 6.28 which gives you the following syllables count: the first line has 6 syllables, the second line has 2 syllables and the third line has 8 syllables. Sounds easy ...
Here is an example of a "tau-ku" created by Geraldine (My Poetic Path), you can find her weblog HERE:
Within the bright green leaves.
Treasures!
A bounty of pastel petals.
© Geraldine
A nice "tau-ku" I would say. So here is the challenge, create a "tau-ku" as described above. Just have fun with this nice form, and think out of the box.
Have great weekend!
This episode is open for your submissions next Sunday February 11th at 7:00 PM (CET) and will remain open until Sunday February 18th at noon (CET). Have fun!
While we are on the subject of haiku variants based on famous constants, consider the "golden ratio" (often denoted by the Greek letter φ) that describes a good-looking aspect ratio for a rectangle. Not too squarish; not too narrow. Out to as many decimal places as I care to go, φ is 1.6125 and has some interesting mathematical properties. A 3-line phi-ku with syllable counts 1-6-1 would have a nice symmetry.
ReplyDelete