4/24/2009

find your voice

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he finds his voice
in the frog chorus ...
the haiku poet



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NHK has started a new two-year course,
where kigo figure prominently and
the teacher stated something like that ...


find your own voice

by choosing the season words carefully,
bring them alive in your very own images




Basic Japanese Haiku Theories


Kigo, seasonal words ... the Basics


NHK HAIKU ... NHK 俳句



Later I wrote a piece of advise to a haiku friend

I guess you just have to find your own voice
among all the poems
that go under the cover of English language HAIKU.




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21 comments:

Unknown said...

very good advice Gabi!

first warm day
a hermit thrush
pumps its tail

THN, May 2004, vol 6:4

Gene

Gabi Greve said...

Thanks for quacking here, Gene! much appreciated!

Gabi

Unknown said...

Ms Greve,

I am here more often than you think.

Gene;)

Gabi Greve said...

Thanks again Gene
Ms Greve ... do I know her .. ?

Here in Japan I am plain GABI SAN, they just can not pronounce the rest of my name .. big grin ...

Gabi

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Unknown said...

first light...
slow to rise
a phoebe's tail

The publication is out of print.

Gene

anonymous said...

Gabi, I like the allusion in this, the humour and the number of ways in which it might be read.
J.

Anonymous said...

bum bum bum
bum bum bum ieaaaa

Paul MaCartney voice

well said gabi
sound like our mission statement
C.S.J.

Anonymous said...

Brings a smile, Gabi. I wonder if the poet's "voice" is a little croaky, too?
S.

Anonymous said...

Gabi san, what a cool idea!
My.

Anonymous said...

Gabi, what a wonderful haiku. I love the many interpretations.
ME

Anonymous said...

Terrific, Gabi san.
The excellent advice in it reminds me of an old poem called "Far Better That You Be a Raven".
I think the poet's name was Keith Castro, but I'm not sure.
neko

anonymous said...

ribbit ribbit
ribbit ribbit ribbit rib
bit croak thud!

Sue

PS in the interest of equality.....

she finds her voice
in the frog chorus
the haiku poet

ss

Anonymous said...

Very light hearted, clever haiku, Gabi. Love it!
DB

anonymous hh said...

Gabi,
Like I have said before, and now:

Higginson admired you, I admire you and I cannot tell you how many of the top haiku editors that I personally know have
suggested your Kigo website.
G.

anonymous said...

Hi Gabi...I like your haiku and I like your gentle persistence with us.

lily pond:
another poet
clears his throat

L.

anonymous hh said...

old pond...
the eldest poet
croaks first

G.

anonymous sh said...

That is so much fun! :-)
Grinning like a mad woman...
J.

Anonymous said...

Hi Gaby,
my translation :

il trouve sa voix
dans le choeur des grenouilles...
le haijin

best, daniel
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WHCworkshop/message/65575

anonymous hh said...

Hi Gabi!
I like what Gene has to say, and thank you Gabi,
kigo is a great feature of haiku and it would be a shame if it was abandoned, or perhaps even worse, diluted.
May the force be with you Gabi Skywalker.
another fan, and admirer,A.

anonymous said...

Gabi that really caught my mind's eye.....guess now and then we all have something to croak about
Gr.

Anonymous said...

so much is echoed in the haiku pen;
thanks for the links
g
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherrypoetryclub/message/34831

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