HAIDUN

http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/haibun.htm The haibun is prose (or a prose poem) interleaved with one or more haiku: The prose is not an explanation of the haiku. The haiku is not a linear continuation of the prose. Make each word count in the prose text, as in a prose poem. Compact micro-haibun limit the prose text, such as to 20-to-180 words. Most commonly only one haiku is included, placed after the prose, and serving as a climax or epiphany to what came before. Many haibun include more than one haiku and longer text than the above range, as long as the resulting work is strong enough. The juxtaposition of prose and haiku is important. The prose should add to the depth with which we experience the haiku. The haiku should add meaning to the prose. You could think about getting some "air" (as the skate-boarders and snow-boarders say) between the prose and the haiku. Robert D. Wilson, editor of the e-magazine Simply Haiku, includes these features for a haibun: "a linked form. The link is between narrative, prose sections and one or more haiku." wide range of styles and content. minimal repetition of words and phrases; "what is written is tightly constructed". strong haiku that can stand alone as poetry. "Haiku ... relate to previous prose sections yet not be an extension of the prose. The oblique but relevant association between haiku and prose is the defining moment of the haibun. ... The haiku link offers readers a springboard to multiple, and often unexpected, meanings."The haibun is prose (or a prose poem) interleaved with one or more haiku: The prose is not an explanation of the haiku. The haiku is not a linear continuation of the prose. Make each word count in the prose text, as in a prose poem. Compact micro-haibun limit the prose text, such as to 20-to-180 words. Most commonly only one haiku is included, placed after the prose, and serving as a climax or epiphany to what came before. Many haibun include more than one haiku and longer text than the above range, as long as the resulting work is strong enough. The juxtaposition of prose and haiku is important. The prose should add to the depth with which we experience the haiku. The haiku should add meaning to the prose. You could think about getting some "air" (as the skate-boarders and snow-boarders say) between the prose and the haiku. Robert D. Wilson, editor of the e-magazine Simply Haiku, includes these features for a haibun: "a linked form. The link is between narrative, prose sections and one or more haiku." wide range of styles and content. minimal repetition of words and phrases; "what is written is tightly constructed". strong haiku that can stand alone as poetry. "Haiku ... relate to previous prose sections yet not be an extension of the prose. The oblique but relevant association between haiku and prose is the defining moment of the haibun. ... The haiku link offers readers a springboard to multiple, and often unexpected, meanings."

Sarah Hall's BURNTCOAT

p39 There is art, the item, or the concept. And there is the story of art, which is not its interpretation, its meaning. p110 It's all art, even thought, everything is.