I also like the idea of providing a structure for participants to work with. Somehow that doesn’t seem as daunting as a totally blank page.

Oh, and those are two of my favourite haiku by Roberta! :)

marion

Thank you for this!

Jeannie

Hi Judith,
That sounds like a fun workshop! You used the term “Transformational Grammar.” What does that mean? Could you give us some examples?
Best Regards,
Brad Bennett

Hi Maureen,

When you say you’re “opening a haiku walk” does that mean you’ve created a walk with haiku posted along the way? Are you also teaching a haiku workshop? It sounds intriguing.

Regards,
Brad Bennett

Last year I gave an introduction to Haiku workshop, with a nature walk near the end for inspiration and a final haiku of their own to share if they chose. Basically, I gave them a brief history of the genre with historical placement of Iga Ueno, ninja, Basho, showing them photos of Iga Ueno Castle in cherry blossom time, Basho’s museum with the roof shaped like his hat, and a woodblock print of his hut in Shinagawa. The end of the warring periods brought peace and time for leisure art. We studied examples from, the four greats and then, using Transformational Grammar, we created our own examples. We had fum with that. After those poems were written and shared we took a walk.