Daily Archives: 13 December, 2013

Master Raven Koan 1

Simplicity is best except where complexity is needed.

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A Tale of Two Views

As the week comes to an end and I look back over the last year or so, I notice that the combination of Haiku, travels, and such seems to be lacking something.  While contemplating on this, I realized that if

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Haiku Notes

1)      Haiku should be written in three lines of 10-17 syllables total (5-7-5).  While Japanese haiku contains 17 stops/syllables, the translation from Japanese to English is difficult and incomplete sometimes.  Haibun should contain five lines of roughly 31 syllables (5-7-5-7-7)

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