February is National Haiku Writing Month, during which participants attempt to write at least one haiku every day (February being the shortest month).
As in previous years, I may or may not try the occasional "traditional" haiku, and hope you will allow me a little leeway to try some micropoems and to ignore the supposed 5-7-5 rule/ format.
There are many other intriguing waka forms that incorporate haikuic structures: katauta (5-7-7), sedoka (5-7-7-5-7-7), tanka (5-7-5-7-7), bussokusekika (5-7-5-7-7-7), choka (5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7), and haibun (a prose/poem with a haiku ending) -- and I may try some of thos ethis year.
Perhaps some of you would be willing to join me for a renga (a collaborative haiku sequence with alternating stanzas of 5-7-7 and 7-7)?
Once again, I'll be using the februllage prompts as a starting point.
Feel free to join me, or at least follow along!
