American Haiku - Jack Kerouc
Thanks to Cal Nordt for showing me this link. Haiku in the "western" style by Jack Kerouac, set against a collage of photographs with the blues of Blind Faith. Nice vid...
American Haiku (Copyright 1959)
"The American Haiku is not
exactly the Japanese Haiku. The Japanese Haiku is strictly disciplined
to seventeen syllables but since the language structure is different I
don't think American Haikus (short three-line poems intended to be
completely packed with Void of Whole) should worry about syllables
because American speech is something again...bursting to pop.
Above
all, a Haiku must be very simple and free of all poetic trickery and
make a little picture and yet be as airy and graceful as a Vivaldi
Pastorella."
Jack Kerouac - 1922-1969
