Tuesday, October 6, 2015

WELCOME


Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at the youngest part of our Carpe Diem Haiku Family, Carpe Diem Troiku World. This new weblog will be specifically bring posts about Troiku. Troiku is a creative way of writing haiku which I, Chèvrefeuille, your host, have invented. It's a nice new way and very creative to learn to write poetry and play with the lay-out.

Maybe you have already visited my other weblog Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, than you have for sure read several troiku. I will give you an example:

seeking knowledge
getting deeper insight
hermit’s choice


seeking knowledge
contemplating under the Bodhi Tree
like Buddha
getting deeper insight
while listening to the silence
the sound of rain
hermit’s choice
seeking refuge high up in the mountains
closer to the gods
© Chèvrefeuille

In this above example of a Troiku you can see the "structure" of a Troiku as I have invented. The first haiku (bold and cursive):


seeking knowledge
getting deeper insight
hermit’s choice


© Chèvrefeuille

This haiku is the starting verse of the Troiku and is called "the sleigh". As you maybe know (and can see on the above image) the Troiku is based on the idea of the Russian Troika, a sleigh with three horses. To create "the horses", you need to use every line of the starting haiku, to start a new haiku with. I have made that visual by writing the first lines of every haiku (horse) in bold and cursive.

I hear several of you think "but haiku has 5-7-5 syllables?" and yes that's true, but there are also ways to let go the 5-7-5 syllables, I call that "free-styling" with haiku and that's what you are doing when you write/compose/create a Troiku. It's just a fun way to let flow your inspiration and to be creative.

It's a wonderful new way of writing/composing/creating haiku and this new weblog will be a source for that new form.

Namaste,

Chèvrefeuille, your host

 

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