05-05-2012, 06:50 PM
pretend it's stil in the haiku forum, 
nice star trek reference there, in it they did come to an understanding of each others language, even if picard's alien friend died at the end
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of course it can't be the same, the language structure is too different, the mind set of each race, but it can be similar at times.
basho's pond haiku has had numerous translations and mostly they're on the same page. the main thing we got from the japanese version was a new poetry form.
many want to keep it rigid in it's 5,7,5 and many feel that's too strict. most agree with the cutting word and the season, most agree that it's a captured image. while we can't recreate it perfectly we can try and keep true to the thought of it. most who try their hand at a haiku end up with a senryu. for all it's shortness, most are never done as well as the could be. i've often seen more editing of a haiku than i have of a sonnet or other longer style poem. that's probably because they're as easy to edit as they are to write
nice star trek reference there, in it they did come to an understanding of each others language, even if picard's alien friend died at the end
.of course it can't be the same, the language structure is too different, the mind set of each race, but it can be similar at times.
basho's pond haiku has had numerous translations and mostly they're on the same page. the main thing we got from the japanese version was a new poetry form.
many want to keep it rigid in it's 5,7,5 and many feel that's too strict. most agree with the cutting word and the season, most agree that it's a captured image. while we can't recreate it perfectly we can try and keep true to the thought of it. most who try their hand at a haiku end up with a senryu. for all it's shortness, most are never done as well as the could be. i've often seen more editing of a haiku than i have of a sonnet or other longer style poem. that's probably because they're as easy to edit as they are to write