lone cumulus
swallows a star,
spits it out again
Critic and haiku writer, Lee Gurga, once said that haiku "is composed of two parts--perception and imagination. If we can keep the two in balance, perhaps we can create contemporary haiku."
On the other hand, Shiki, considered to be the great modernizer of Japanese haiku, recommended shasie or "stretching from life." He liked to record what he saw without necessarily leaping beyond the descriptive. But how descriptive were his descriptions. And what a painterly eye he had.
For myself, I like to set off in search of a spark, an idea. I get most of my haiku wandering and observing, being both part of nature yet removed enough to notice the unexpected among the expected or usual.
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