Origami
delicate structures
decaying in the seafoam —
white paper boats
And so ends ‹basics›, Wire Haiku’s very first theme month. It was fun to go all the way back to the essential rules of haiku — syllables, seasons and separation — but there were a few moments that I did feel constrained or used the rules as a crutch to get things done.
Now that basic training is over, it’ll be nice to get a little wild and start experimenting again; to mess around and make things that don’t exactly fit into the neat spaces we’ve been carving here. (It’ll also be nice to stop counting syllables.)
I hope you enjoyed this first themed month of Wire Haiku, and I hope the next one is even better. I’m not sure what it is yet, but it’ll definitely be a little more open and a lot less rules-based. See you then!