Historias de Haiga

A collection of haiku and haiga.

In life we can ask ourselves what's is gods purpose for my life . Why I'm I here ? Is there a duty I must fulfill. Out journey in life is to learn and grow from our experiences we go through in life.

The Collaborative work of Sakuo Nakamura, David Lanoue, Emiko Miyashita, and Lee Gurga in the creation of haiga based on the haiku of Kobayashi Issa and Masajo Suzuki. Each page features a haiga and haiku. All haiga and translations are used with permission.

Haiku, Haiga, Tanka, Taiga, Senryu and Gendai are all forms of Japanese Haiku poetry. Although hard to master the rewards are great for haiku teaches one to appreciate those "Aha!" moments that life so often offers. Haiku also teaches how to economize one's words because of its traditional limited structure. It also reinforces how to "show " rather than "tell "about an experience. A very good haiku will sometimes take hours if not a few days to get the "Aha! " moment making the moment far more impressive. Haiku : traditionally nature themes with a 5,7,5 syllable structure Haiga : haiku placed within a painting or a photograph indirectly connected Tanka : five line verse containing a haiku with a 5,7,5,7,7 syllable structure usually, any theme Taiga : Tanka placed within a painting or a photograph with an indirect connection Senryu : a three line haiku usually depicting human foibles Gendai : modern haiku on any theme using any structure of verse

a compilation of prose and poems by yours truly through the years. poems. short stories. thoughts. haikus. etc. 2016-2021 04.04.2022: 82 out of 16.8k stories (poet)

Bonsai Poetry is a collection of micro poems, haiku, monoku, monostich, and digital haiga (a dialogue between haikai and photos or illustrations). Several of these micro poems have been inspired by words or visual prompts of writing challenges on Twitter, such as #vss365, #kigoprompt, #scifaikusaturday, and #turtlewriters. * Unless otherwise specified, Pixabay is the source of all pictures.

A Collection of Haiku, Senryu, Haiga, and Images.