| Everyone at one time or another has heard
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| | specific... something present moment to
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| of or read haiku poems. This ancient
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| | complete this haiku:winter morning --ice
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| Japanese art form has been around for a
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| | crystalshang off the pine
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| very long time. And with good reason!
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| | Notice how the phrase actually
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| It's a very beautiful and elegant poetic
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| | "completes" the fragment so to speak.
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| expression. With just a few words, the
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| | They go together to create what some
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| haiku poet can create a present moment -
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| | poets call an absolute metaphor. That's
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| a snapshot of nature or an event taking
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| | not important. What is important is
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| place. No other poetry can do this with
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| | learning how to create phrases for in
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| such economy, nor with such elegance!
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| | this your success as a haiku poet rests.
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| To create haiku poems, you must
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| | Creating phrases has everything to do
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| understand what it is and how it is
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| | with creating what haiku poet Ray
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| written today. No longer bound by the
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| | Rasmussen has called "first order mind
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| 5-7-5 syllable rule, modern haiku poetry
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| | sense impressions."
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| uses something called phrase and
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| | That is, to create a present moment or an
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| fragments theory to create with. This is
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| | event about a present moment, you need to
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| a lot simpler than it sounds. It just
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| | be able to write in the present moment.
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| means that most haiku composed in the
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| | To practice this, it's a good idea to
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| west uses a sentence fragment - usually
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| | first read haiku you enjoy by others.
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| something like "winter morning" to set
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| | Soak in their style and what they do.
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| the mood or ambiance.
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| | Then once you have an idea of the kind of
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| This is followed by a more complete
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| | things you want to write about, start
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| phrase. For example, with a fragment like
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| | writing your own haiku poems.
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| "winter morning," we can use something
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