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We can formulate it as described, or meditate on the original to be inspired with more of 'em. The latter using our proper haiku vision techniques, or simple being one with the pine, as Basho would chide. Something to do on a rainy day in the haiku library/studio. What we call literary haiku, a haiku axis, being a component of that 3-D mandala which programs the haiku engine under the superstructure of formal technique and the paintwork of stylistic flourish (the machinery of haiku under the haiku bonnet, so to say). Literary haiku is haiku which is written either from memories, dreams and reflections [Jung], to which we add forward plannings [Potts], or manufactured from flotsam and jetsam, like what Doctor Frankenstein did to create artificial life out of bits n pieces plundered from foggy graveyards at night, or cudgelled on the pedestrian hoof by ruffians with red glittering eyes and few if any scruples. The latter being the low octave of the wealthy global elite's complete lack of moral compunction.
artist's impression of a haiku engine (not to scale)
INITIATED FROM HERE
[NOTE: This is probably better done as a separate item and expanded then
evolved as a living document ( unlike good doctor's use of bits n bobs ) . ]
--- IN PROGRESS ---
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the
glint of light on broken glass." ~ Anton Chekhov
Primary mantra of haiku is:
SHOW not tell
Its corollary being:
SENSE don't think
— jp
"This is where we need to acknowledge that haiku is driven by a *special engine*."
We go to the pine to become the pine. Similarly, we go to the peak to dig the view. A peak, if flattened, becomes the centre. From this centre we are at the seed-place. The pine's heart's core. Its DNA program.
If we run this through haiku what do we find? We find, at the peak, at the centre and at the heart's core - a seed. Haiku's DNA.
Haiku's DNA is not exclusive to haiku. [This needs to be firmly understood, inwardly digested and acted upon.]
That is what we mean when we say: "haiku is driven by a *special engine*.
All that remains is for this critical statement to be unpacked and extrapolated. . . .
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