tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post1378592227110463813..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: The Acorn Book of Contemporary Haiku, Part IIIssa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-634993397676201882009-11-21T16:10:19.160-05:002009-11-21T16:10:19.160-05:00Charles, hope something grabs you out of this mamm...Charles, hope something grabs you out of this mammoth selection ...<br /><br />Jim, thanks much, glad this goes as deep for you as it does me ... I was amazed at all the wonderful work. Heading to the reading in a couple of hours - having the usual pre-performance willies which is good, that's were the energy comes from. Thanks for the good wishes.<br /><br />robert d, many thanks for your comments - most folks who feel this way would just move on and not bother saying what they think.<br /><br />It's not just you. There are many folks who feel this way. There is an awful lot of things out and around that are passing for haiku these days and really have jaded folks to the form.<br /><br />Yet, simply put, it's not for everyone. I could talk philosophy, psychology, and resonance till my face was is as blue as Krishna's and it wouldn't matter - if it doesn't click, it doesn't and that's that.<br /><br />DonIssa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-6260060362122595262009-11-21T09:29:13.296-05:002009-11-21T09:29:13.296-05:00It must be me. I just can’t get my mind around th...It must be me. I just can’t get my mind around the concept of Haiku as Art. I do appreciate the concept of more is less and consider culling the sine qua non of Art but..<br /><br />If anything is more amendable to random word generation, I would put the haiku at the top of the list. Just a few monkeys in a day could produce hundreds.<br /><br />As a quaint and curious endeavor the haiku has its place, especially if it is accompanied by a visual representation, but to spew out such in mass is excessively feckless.robert dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00936949805517287454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-13196701418321111212009-11-20T16:21:01.643-05:002009-11-20T16:21:01.643-05:00Came here for some quick haiku hits and found inst...Came here for some quick haiku hits and found instead a deep well, a feast, an avalanche. Will take more than a glance to see what's here.<br /><br />The word "not" in the Makoto piece is one powerful note.<br /><br />Thanks, Don, for this selection. And have fun at the reading.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-2951484085167777072009-11-20T10:10:03.631-05:002009-11-20T10:10:03.631-05:00Good stuff. That is a lot of haiku. Almost a &qu...Good stuff. That is a lot of haiku. Almost a "mammoth" book of haiku.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com