!! Open for your submissions next Sunday December 16th at 7:00 PM (CET) !!
Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
First I have to apologize for being late with publishing our new weekend meditation. I hadn't time to publish it yesterday, because of trouble traveling from work to home.
This weekend has already begun, but that doesn't mean that I will not publish our weekend meditation. This weekend I love to challenge you again to create your masterpiece. As you all know a while ago we started our quest for a new masterpiece and I have seen a lot of masterpieces.
There are several classical and non-classical haiku (or tanka) that have become evergreens. For example the "crow" haiku by Basho:
on a withered branch
a crow is perched
autumn evening
© Bashō (1644–1694)
Basho wrote this haiku in the year 1680, and it is often considered to be a marker of the beginning of Bashō’s mature style.
Or what to say of that beauty by Chiyo-Ni:
morning glory!
the well bucket-entangled,
I ask for water
© Chiyo-Ni (1703-1775)
Two real masterpieces, everlasting beauty ... or an evergreen so to say.
For sure you will know other masterpieces by classical (and non-classical) haiku (or tanka) poets, but the goal of this new feature isn't the quest for known (renown) masterpieces, but to create masterpieces, it's a real challenge, because you, my dear haijin, visitors and travelers, have to challenge yourself to create your masterpiece.
What makes a haiku (or tanka) a masterpiece? Well ... I will give it a try to tell you what a haiku (or tanka) makes a masterpiece in my opinion:
First: It has to describe a moment that got your attention.
Second: You have to use the right words. Words that describe the moment in its true way.
Third: Maybe ... use the classical way of creating haiku (or tanka) (as mentioned in CDHK Lecture One above in the menu).
Fourth: It has been written right from the heart or soul not the mind.
Fifth: It's (maybe) in the sense and tone of the classical haiku (tanka) poets.
Sixth: It has to be ... how shall I say it ... be your child, your creation ... in a masterpiece we can read, between the lines, the poet who created it.
For this weekend meditation I challenge you to create your new masterpiece themed "winter", because here on the Northern Hemisphere it's winter (almost). I f you are living on the Southern Hemisphere than you may try to create your new masterpiece themed "summer".
Of course I had to try it myself, but wasn't inspired enough, so I have chosen one of my "masterpieces" from my archives:
a last rose
more fragile than ever
clothed in snow
© Chèvrefeuille
Well ... a nice weekend meditation I think. I am looking forward to all of your new masterpieces. By the way I hope to create our first Carpe Diem Quest For A New Masterpiece (exclusive) E-book January 2019.
This weekend meditation is open for your submissions next Sunday December 16th at 7:00 PM (CET) and will remain open until December 23rd at noon (CET). I will try to publish our new episode along the Pan American Highway later on. For now .... have a wonderful weekend!
Share your new masterpiece with us all here at our Haiku Kai, the place to be if you like to create Japanese poetry and share it with the world.
| 1. | Ken Gierke / rivrvlogr | 5. | Madasahatter572 | 9. | Xenia Tran (2) | |
| 2. | Kim M. Russell | 6. | Xenia Tran | 10. | Mellow Curmudgeon | |
| 3. | Virginia Popescu | 7. | Dolores | 11. | Sara McNulty | |
| 4. | Virginia Popescu | 8. | Linda Lee Lyberg |
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