In Seattle for the biennial Haiku North America conference that ends today. Conferencing is intense and I seldom go to them, so that makes them even more so for me.
Plus I am one of those introvert- extroverts or extrovert-introverts. With periods of quiet and solitude, I can function in the world of men (and women), but without them I turn misanthropic or at least jittery as all heck.
The schedule was jam-packed. Add to that jet-lag and lack of sleep....
But attending was wonderful, I learned a lot and I will share this soon.
Here is an abbreviated tour of the conference:
-5-7-5 is an artificial construct not true to the spirit of haiku
-Japanese haiku is innovating and changing whereas North American is stuck in the same old patterns
-monoku is kool (one line haiku, examples soon)
-haiga is for those talented with brushwork who can write haiku (don't look at me)
-haiku poets like to argue
OK, the last is said in fun but certainly true. The conference had a big room full of books and other media on haiku, senryu, tanka, haibun--all the related literary arts. And quite wonderful readings of poets sharing their own work.
So here's my first monoku:
no hand can catch the wildness of the butterfly
Off to the wildness of the Olympic Peninsula. Be back late this week with some Pacific West haiku.
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