Mountain-Home is a school of modern waka. Classical waka is the native poetry of Japan. For a thousand years, waka was the heart song of the Japanese people....
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This message is a reminder regarding the Mountain-Home policy on cross-posting. It is automatically sent to our community once a month. Poetry which you post...
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Jul 2, 2003 2:48 am
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Black robes Swish in the dark before dawn; Zendo is stark-- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I haven't said anything but those of you who may be interested in learning hokku may want to join the Hokku-Inn list. This is a list that David Coomler started...
Hi Sunny, You might want to read my message regarding Hokku-Inn. If this one is to be used for tan renga, you might want to consider changing lines 1 and 3. It...
In a message dated 7/2/2003 11:00:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... as the candle flickers, its light waning. ~P [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Thanks for your comments..... I have a bonsai that was almost dead from the heat..... water revived it...... that's what I meant by water awakens.... I...
... Sunny, If I may, then, turn your verse around and do some tan renga. The stark zendo; Swishing in the dark before dawn, Black robes. (Sunny) The color of...
By the river, when the sun shines all night; the only faithful friend is my own solitude. Jari ============================== When everything else fails, try...
In a message dated 7/4/2003 6:38:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Nice, Jari, I can't imagine what it must be like to experience the all-night sun, but your...
... Jari, If you share this elsewhere, you might want to put a footnote that you live in Finland or else insert "arctic" is line 2. Very nice. Donna...
I'm going to put together a short introduction to modern waka over at my personal site, PaperFrog.com. I'd very much like to display a half-dozen or so verses...
Gillena, If this is a hokku for people to play tan renga, you need to capitalize and punctuate. The form is also short/long/short for lines. The last line of...
We talked about the following translation -- The Tale of Genji (Penguin Classics) by Murasaki Shikibu, Royall Tyler (translator) and I think people were a ...
Sarah, I'm not 100% sure on this answer so someone can correct me if I am wrong. Hokku were written in 1 vertical line kana and waka were written in 3 vertical...
I meant Tyler's English translations, though in two lines, are nevertheless in 31 syllables and arranged 5-7-5-7-7 syllables in English!! -- really amazing...
Sarah, I could not find anything to definitely pin down the number of lines in waka in calligraphy but in the process, I found a couple of sites that do show...
In a message dated 7/7/2003 12:11:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... I had a problem also gillena, but got there through the yahoo groups page and then...
the address for hokku-inn: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hokku-inn/ Paul, Donna and all, I joined this group and hope to post poems there, that is, assuming I...
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