tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post5708819322609339286..comments2023-11-07T06:56:59.563-05:00Comments on Ann Arbor Schools Musings: Poetry ReduxRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10531344380743742801noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790809561264810693.post-31251990859166761402009-06-22T21:41:21.452-04:002009-06-22T21:41:21.452-04:00You have a cool kid, end of story! But his or her...You have a cool kid, end of story! But his or her idea that haiku have to deal with Nature capital N, and literally, is a bit outdated. In English language haiku, by about 100 years, and, in Japanese, by some 350 years. Matsuo Basho himself wrote haiku about the economy; Richard Wright wrote haiku about insects, beauty, house pets, economic activity, nearly everything. Haiku, most people figure, doesn't and shouldn't discriminate by subject matter.<br /><br />As for the "senryu" point, that's right on the money: a successful senryu turns on its use of irony and/or sarcasm, and many of the NPR recession haiku seem to fit that description.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com