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Haiku
A haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. When written in Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed on one vertical line. In English, haiku are written using three horizontal lines – the first and third lines contained five syllables, while the middle line contains seven syllables. Traditionally, the haiku will include a “season word”, the kigo, to refer to the season in which the poem is set or to refer to the natural world. Haiku, like sheep, is both plural and a single form of the noun. While English verse counts “beats”, Japanese verse counts units of sounds, known as “on” and loosely translated as “syllables”. A haiku is actually written in two parts – these are called “the phrase and the fragment”. In Japanese, words called kireji separate the portions; in English, the kireji are often replaced with commas, ellipses, or breaks in haiku. Several rules provide guidelines to poets considering haiku. Some believe a haiku must combine two different images, with a focus on description. The kireji, or cutting word, must occur at the end of the first or second line. Also, the haiku should be written in present tense. These rules are bent and often broken by poets, … Continue reading Haiku →
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Richard Cassaro is a journalist, speaker and author of “Written In Stone: Decoding The Secret Masonic Religion Hidden In Gothic Cathedrals And World Architecture.” The book uncovers a lost Wisdom Tradition that was practiced globally in antiquity, found memorialized in pyramids, Triptychs, and identical images worldwide. The central tenets of this tradition have been perpetuated in Western Secret Societies. The most visible of these is the so-called “Masonic Fraternity,” an age-old chivalric Order whose ranks have included Europe’s Gothic cathedral builders and America’s Founding Fathers. Richard has two websites: www.DeeperTruth.com and www.RichardCassaro.com
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