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Some writers, upon receiving the chain, would write a verse on the topic, com and keep it from the chain. Masaoka Shiki taught the idea that these one verse poems, called haiku, should have the same respect as the chain that inspired it and won wide recognition for his contributions to the form. The only other limiting requirement for a verse to be called haiku was that it must make mention of one of the seasons of the year in some clear way. Falling multicolored leaves in a haiku would, for example, indicate Autumn. Cherry blossoms would indicate late Spring. Here are some examples of traditional haiku by some of the most popular old masters: Issa. (1762-1826) A sudden shower falls - and naked I am riding on a naked horse! Basho, Matsuo. (1644-1694). Clouds appear and bring to men a chance to rest from looking at the moon. Contemporary Haiku composers don't follow the old traditional system of the famous Japanese masters. There are no hard and fast rules for what constitutes a haiku today except it have three lines and the same approximate number of syllables. Unorthadox puntuation is allowable in modern haiku whereas it is rare in tradiional haiku. Some modern haiku emphasizes the psychological and the philosophical rather than the things of nature and the seasons. It also looks at the stuff of life apart from the things of the natrual world; the things of being human concerning love, life, family, relatonships, war and peace. One contempory haiku writer who posts his work on the Internet bases his next work on the comments his readers post, instead of passing them on for others to add their own haiku to, as the traditional masters did. Modern poets take full liberty with the form. They enjoy haiku in a less limited range of expression. Is that justified? History will decide.
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