About Haiku Poetry: Moving Ki Tavo Poem
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Moving ahead each
glorious vision and dream
points out our purpose
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We are where are mind
takes us either near or far
from humanity
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Making things happen
only through our small efforts
granted by G-d's hand
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“Today, today” roars
live life in the present then
success will be yours
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November 30, 2008
Debby Bruck Poet, student of kabbalah, & homeopath
copyright 11/2008
Getting Meaning from a Haiku
The haiku poems above illustrate a subject-based "Thematic Haiku." The subject is the weekly Torah portion. Normally haiku are three lines, derived from the formalized lengthy poetry of nobility.
The Torah portion, Ki Tavo, is read from Deuteronomy - the story of the Exodus. After the maturation process of wandering forty years in the desert G-d and Moses ask the Jewish people to abide by the commandments. The generation who left Egypt under G-d's protection witnessed daily miracles, but future generations would no longer see obvious miracles before their eyes. Instead, miracles would be hidden, and the people would have to recognize them within the cloak of nature's laws.
In contemporary times, we question how G-d would permit the atrocities that befall people and nations; still we must continue our mission of fulfilling commandments. The main theme of this portion is to "choose life" and live it now with compassion and all the positive qualities within our souls.
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All In Our Vision
- Ancient Ocean Water Meditation and Prayer
Inspirational meditation in Poetry. A praise to the One God. We can do better to heal ourselves and our earth that was given as a gift to humanity. Grandmother White Eagle together with Rabbi Lazer Brody present a Tai-Chi meditation by the sea.
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What is Your Dream for the Future In Your Life? What Are Your Dreams?
Do not give up on your dreams. Watch a wonderfully funny interview and also a streams of dreams and goals I had wished to fulfill during different periods in my life.
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A Few Words From Charlie Chaplin
We all need heroes to emulate and look up to. This great humorist, silent film slapstick actor and mime struggled through a difficult life. He smiled through the pain and gave so much of himself to the rest of the world.
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Happiness is Contagious
If you knew happiness was contagious would you change some old habits? Help happiness spread to the space and people around you. What if you kept a positive attitude and congregated with others who felt the same way, and bonded with a leader who also spread good vibes?
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Types of Haiku Poems
Learning About Haiku
Haiku is a form of traditional Japanese poetry based on the Zen Buddhist Philosophy of simplicity which uses just a few words to complete the thought and may have originated in the 17th century. Traditional haiku elicits the idea of 'hidden beauty' and 'hidden miracles' within nature that has been observed and scribed by the eye of the beholder. Descriptive images come alive and often sound melancholic. Many liberties are taken in today's poets. Instead of creating a somber tone, you may often find cultural jokes, wordplay and upbeat subject matter.
One prominent author is David Bader. You can read some of his hilarious verses about Jewish themes and ideas brings tears to your eyes.
The Evolution of Haiku: Hokku, means "starting verse." Hokku starts with the opening verse and extends into longer verse called "haika". Since "haika" were reserved for the elite as a ritual art form, poets would simply begin a short verse of lines, without extending into the full form. The term "haiku" was adopted in the 1890s to describe this three line shortened form of poetry.
The Rules: The Japanese must follow the strict form of syllables and themes; however, when haiku are written in English there is more flexibility. English poets usually hold to the theme, tenor, rhythm, but may vary the number of syllables to complete the phrase on occasion.
Creating a Haiku: Each haiku follows the pattern of three consecutive sentences, of five, seven, and five syllables.
Cutting: In this type of Haiku there is a major theme tied or related to the rest of the poem. This is indicated with punctuations such as, an ellipsis, long dash or colon.
Red hot pizza pie --
steaming scents from the oven
with mushrooms and spice
Seasonal Haiku: When the theme is based around a seasonal word it is called a "kigo." and signals the the particular season. Natural symbols or elements indicate the season, such as, green plants for spring, the sun for summer, and ice for winter. These are universal elements that you might find in dream analysis.
Green asparagus
shoots gingerly out of the
rain soaked white sand
Subject Haiku: Based upon everyday themes, such as children or an event, they tell a story like a bard, or set the stage as in a play.
Giggly laughter streams
into the air as the young
children play near swings
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One of my very first Hubpages on this community network shared a few three line haiku poems and a bit about the origin of this form of poetry.
About the Author
Debby Bruck, CHOM loves to write about health, healing, social networking and share her thoughts on life. Debby founded Homeopathy World Community, a social network of professional homeopaths enlightening the world to the healing powers of energy medicines and hosts numerous radio shows and live stream video show. Debby believes that homeopathy is the wave of the future that provides hope and healing.. Follow Debby on Twitter
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Hello Juneaukid - thanks for popping in. I've been away from my haiku for a while now since the Homeopathy World Community website started. I've got to get back to this form of poetry, which I also consider meditation. love, Debby
enjoy this very much. Thansk for sharing. I enjoy the Haiku very much. i think it's sad that it gets mocked and ridiculed sometimes but it's a legit form and forces you to choose your words california
Dear PDX ~ what do you mean it gets mocked and ridiculed? This art form is beloved the world over, with many famous poets authoring books filled with these beauties? One of my favorite types of poetry is haiku. Hugs, Debby
well, i'm mainly referring to "serious elitist" poets, those in my college writing classes. LOL.
I love haiku, I just think a lot of people here in the US don't take it seriously, which is sad.
Sorry to hear that news. Are you taking classes for a degree program? How many people from US and from other countries?
I'm an English major with a creative writing emphasis. We actually had a professor spend two days worth of classes just on haiku because he was tired of "elitist poets" who thought haiku was unsophisticated and childish. I fell in love with the form then!
I will recommend this hub to all fellow hubbers who want to compose Haiku.
You are philosophical without loosing the beauty of poetry.
I loved these lines very much.
We are where are mind
takes us either near or far
from humanity
Dear Vinaya ~ Many glorious thanksgiving for your kind words. I do love #haiku and so do you! Blessings, Debby
Sometimes it's fun to experiment with the Haiku form, like Ginsburg did
Dear Justin ~ I just did a quick google check to find your reference to Allen Ginsberg's poetry, specifically #haiku. I discovered that he did not ever write any 'typical' haiku form, because some say it was an exercise in counting, rather than in feeling, meaning and poetic style. He also said a person could not translate the original Japanese words, and thus form and meaning into English. I guess we can't wrap a sushi into an American dog-in-a-blanket.
He has his own particular sense of human, I especially like this one: Rainy night on Union square, full moon. Want more poems? Wait till I'm dead.
You know he was obsessed with the death theme. Shall we give it a try, Justin, and just write some 17 syllable one liners together? Blessings, Debby
sure. do u have a theme in mind? Thanks for the info!
How shall we go about with this collaboration? Shall we each start a hub and build it?
why don't u PM me what you had in mind and we'll brain storm from there.
Great tips on Haiku, and beautiful compositions.
Dear Senoritaa ~ Many thanks for letting me know. Blessings to the red rose, Debby
Vinaya recommended your hub on Haiku and I thank you and Vinaya. I'm learning about Haiku and your hub has been helpful as are the comments that follow. Voted up.
Debby, just got back in town. I'll take a closer look at your e mail!
Dear Mary ~ Let me know if you want any haiku reviews or assistance. It was so kind of Vinaya to recommend this hubpages. Blessings, Debby
This is a very informative hub. I like your poetry and I now understand this type of poetry much better. Your explanations are excellent.
Haiku doesn't have to be restricted to the pattern of 5-7-5 and it's actually very freeing to abandon this strict rule of syllable count. Once you let it go, the poem can be even more condensed. Consider this three word haiku which pretty well sums up the pattern of life: Buzz, slap, buzz
Hello Vanderleelie ~ I guess I respect rules and don't break them all that often. I feel keeping to the letter of the law - or is that the syllable count - provides a certain reliable structure. If I ever go over or under, I better have a really good reason to do so.
However, I could write 'free verse' and then I wouldn't call it haiku anymore.
Thanks for buzzing by and leaving a bit of honey. Blessings, Debby
About the Author
Debby Bruck, CHOM is the founder of Homeopathy World Community and believes that homeopathy is the wave of the future that provides hope and healing to those who have tried every other approach. Visit her blog or follow Debby on Twitter.
juneaukid Level 2 Commenter 23 months ago
Thank you--they're beautiful