Advanced Studies in Poetry: Global Haiku Tradition
IN203 Humanities Honors Seminar - Fall 2017
Dr. Randy Brooks

<http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/haiku/courses/globalFall2017/assignments.html>

Classroom: SH422

Informal Reader Response Writing & Haiku Writing (20 days) (10 each) • 200 total points
Kasen Renga • 20 points
Contemporary Haiku Essay (mid-term) • 100 points
Haiku Project • 100 points
Haiku Collection (paper booklet & by email) • 100 points
Haiku Collection Poetics Preface on YOUR Art of Writing Haiku • 20 points
Signature Haiku Gift Exchange • 20 points
Submission Ready (page in envelopes) • 20 points
Final Reading • 20 points

ALL ASSIGNMENTS are to be submitted by email.
Send them to: rbrooks@millikin.edu
(Use your SAVE AS function and choose "Rich Text Format" or "DOC" for digital files.)

Final Exam Haiku Reading: Kirkland 128
2:00-3:30pm
December 14, 2017

Haiku Society of America • http://www.hsa-haiku.org/
American Haiku Archives • http://www.americanhaikuarchives.org/
Haiku Chronicles • http://www.haikuchronicles.com/
The Haiku Foundation • http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/
Simply Haiku • http://www.simplyhaiku.com
Heron's Nest • http://www.theheronsnest.com/
Modern Haiku • http://www.modernhaiku.org/
A Hundred Gourds • http://ahundredgourds.com
World Kigo Database • http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/
Haibun Today • http://haibuntoday.com/

Extra Credit Opportunities:

(1) Japan House Tea Ceremonies

Japan House is delighted to announce that tea ceremonies will now be offered to the public on the third Saturday of each month. See the schedule.

Tea ceremonies will continue to be offered every Thursday at 2:00 and 3:00. Please join us and find a moment of peace as you experience the Way of Tea.

What should I wear to a tea ceremony?

You need to wear white socks in order to walk on the tatami mats in the tea rooms. You will want to wear something in which you will be comfortable kneeling or sitting on the tatami mats. The tea ceremony hosts would prefer if you do not wear blue jeans or shorts.

If you go, enjoy the experience and write about what you understood. Also write some haiku about being in the tea ceremony & at the Japan house. Be sure to check out the older style tea room as well.

(2) Haiku & Poetry Readings

Check here for extra credit opportunities to participate or attend haiku & poetry readings.
Extra credit for competing or attending. Write an email response to the event after the fact.

(3) Haiku Cut - tba

Watch for details for a November or December haiku cut competition.

for 8/22 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

reading: Mayfly magazine sample

for 8/24 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

(1) writing response: send me an email copy of your in-class response to a favorite haiku in MAYFLY

(2) haiku writing: write your first 8-10 haiku attempts on transition times—lulls of dawn, of dusk, of relationships, of states of consciousness, summer's end, back to school).

reading: To Hear the Rain, handout 1

(3) writing response: find 3 favorite Lyles haiku—write your imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each)

REMEMBER to cite each haiku fully (do not add capital letters or punctuation) like this:

cucumbers
soaked in vinegar—
the heat

Lyles, THTR, 48

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) your 1 Mayfly response, your 3 Lyles responses & 8-10 haiku by midnight Wednesday, August 23)

for 8/29 - haiku of the day --> Maddy

in class: kukai 1

reading: To Hear the Rain and Silence Between Us by Wally Swist

(4) haiku reading responses: select 3 favorite haiku by Wally Swist and briefly write your imagined, felt response to them. be ready to discuss why you like them.

(5) writing extended memory & memory haiku: choose a fourth favorite haiku by Wally Swist or Peggy Lyles that especially triggered memories from your childhood or past. This time write about a one page memoir describing a memory from your own life. THEN write 3 haiku which capture different moments or feelings from within that longer memory from your experience.

(6) haiku write: 10 new haiku on the being hot or about the end of summer perceptions.

(email your 3 short responses & one 1-page sensory memory writing & 10 new haiku by midnight Sunday, 8/27)

for 8/31 - haiku of the day --> MacKenzie

(7) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to your favorite haiku from kukai 1 results (one paragraph)

(8) reading response: find an interesting "matched pair" of haiku (one from Wally Swist and one from Peggy Lyles or MAYFLY) to read side by side. write a short analysis of the writing strategies and techniquse used in these haiku. (not reader response but analysis of writing techniques such as line break, word choice, arrangement, rhythm, sounds, emphasis, break, voice, tone, attitude, etc.). one page maximum for your analysis (half a page is fine).

(9) reading response: read the Memory Responses and haiku (Haibun Kukai 1) and write about your favorite one. Also send me your votes for 2 other favorites that you did not write about.

(10) haiku write: 10 new haiku on OPEN topic

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) your favorite kukai response, matching haiku comparison & 10 new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 8/30)

for 9/5 - haiku of the day --> Kallie

in class: kukai 2

reading: handout of haiku from Almost Unseen by George Swede (available from Moodle)

(11) writing response: find three favorite haiku from the George Swede handout and write a short response paragrapsh about them.

(12) writing response: write a longer memory response to a Swede haiku and write 3-5 new haiku from your memory response.

(13) reading response: find an interesting "matched pair" of haiku (one from George Swede and one from Peggy Lyles or Wally Swist) to read side by side. write a short analysis of the writing strategies and techniquse used in these haiku. (not reader response but analysis of writing techniques such as line break, word choice, arrangement, rhythm, sounds, emphasis, break, voice, tone, attitude, etc.). one page maximum for your analysis (half a page is fine).

(14) haiku write: write 2-3 labor day haiku & 10 new haiku on the nitty gritty side of college life and the angst of being human — like some of George's haiku.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> 3 favorites from Swede, 1 memory response & matching haiku comparison, & 10 new haiku by midnight Sunday, 9/3)

for 9/7 - haiku of the day --> Alex H.

(15) reading response: compare the genesis of discourse for two authors (George Swede or Wally Swist and Peggy Lyles). why do they choose to write haiku about these moments? what is the source of significance worth turning into a literary artwork for them?

(16) haiku write: 10-12 new haiku OPEN TOPIC.

Due by email midnight Wednesday, September 6. (email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> 1 favorites from Kukai 2, comparison of Sher & Lyles on writing haiku, & 10-12 new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 9/6)

for 9/12 - haiku of the day --> Lucas

(17) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to your favorite haiku from Kukai 2 Favorites (one paragraph)

reading: Love Haiku by Masajo Suzuki, Introduction and haiku

(18) reading responses: find three favorite haiku by Masajo and write a short response paragraph to them.

(19) reading response: find one more favorite haiku by Masajo. Let your response be a more extended imaginative memory or purely fictional piece about someone spinning off the third Masajo haiku as its starting point. End your short fictional piece with a 2-3 haiku. Two pages pages max!

(20) writing love haiku or senryu: write 8-10 love or anti-love haiku. Not necessarily all lovey-dovey cliches, but love, lust, crushes, first date, breaking up, unrequited love, good friends, bitterness about love, winter dance, sock hop, blind date, romance, vampire love, and so on . . .

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> 3 favorites from Masajo Suzuki, 1 memory response & matching haiku comparison, & 10 new haiku by midnight Sunday, 9/10)

for 9/14 - haiku of the day --> Trey

haiku to edit 1 in class

reading: Gail Sher - Guide for Beginning Haiku (availabe as PDF from Moodle)

(21) reading response: compare Gail Sher's suggestions for writing haiku with the inroduction and interview in Peggy Lyles' book (one page max)

(22) read the Memory Responses and haiku (Haibun Kukai 2) and write about your favorite one. Also send me your votes for 2 other favorites that you did not write about.

(23) write 5-7 haiku on on working out, exercise, getting healthy, yoga, etc.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> comparison of Sher and Lyles, 1 favorite memory haibun response & 5-7 new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 9/13)

for 9/19 - haiku of the day --> Mia

kukai 3 in class

(24) haiku to edit 1: based on the haiku editing workshop in class on Thursday, send me variations and edit suggestions for at least five haiku by others from the HAIKU TO EDIT 1 handout.

(25) read the Fictional Haibun (Haibun Kukai 3) and write about your favorite one. Also send me your votes for 2 other favorites that you did not write about.

(26) reading responses: The Millikin University Haiku Anthology and write about 3 favorite haiku.

(27) write 2-3 haiku on family or siblings and 2-3 haiku on OPEN TOPIC.

(email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> haiku to edit variations, favorite fiction haibun, favorites from MU Haiku, 4-6 new haiku by midnight Sunday, 9/17)

for 9/21 - haiku of the day --> Maya

kukai 4 & matching contest 2 in class

(28) writing response: write your imagined felt responses to 2 favorite haiku from kukai 3

(29) writing response: write about a favorite match or pair of haiku that came up in the Matching Contest 1

(30) write 2-3 haiku on kukai winners' prompts (homework).

(31) write 3-4 new haiku on contemplation or meditation or your quiet space.

(32) email me your favorite edit from the Haiku to Edit 1

Due by email midnight Wednesday, September 20. (email Dr. Brooks <rbrooks@millikin.edu> favorites from kukai 3, favorite match, 2-3 haiku on homework & 3-4 new haiku on contemplation by midnight Wednesday, 9/20)

for 9/26 - TEAM MEETING DAY

(33) writing response: write about a favorite match or pair of haiku that came up in 2 of the Matching Contests 2 (write about 4 favorite haiku)

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your responses to matching contests 2 by midnight Sunday, 9/24)

IN CLASS TEAM group dialogue: compare haiku as a genre to another art or activity. THEN create an interactive event or game to engage the class in this comparison.

genre n 1: a kind of literary or artistic work 2: a style of expressing yourself in writing [syn: writing style, literary genre] 3: a class of artistic endeavor having a characteristic form or technique. (dictionary.com)

literary genre n : a style of expressing yourself in writing [syn: writing style, genre] (dictionary.com)

genre (zhän`r?), in art-history terminology, a type of painting dealing with unidealized scenes and subjects of everyday life. Although practiced in ancient art, as shown by Pompeiian frescoes, and in the Middle Ages, genre was not recognized as worthy and independent subject matter until the 16th cent. in Flanders. There it was popularized by Pieter Bruegel, the elder. It flourished in Holland in the 17th cent. in the works of Ter Borch, Brouwer, Metsu, De Hooch, Vermeer, and many others, and extended to France and England, where in the 18th and 19th cent., its major practitioners were Watteau, Chardin, Greuze, Morland, and Wilkie. In Italy genre elements were present in Carpaccio's and Caravaggio's paintings, but not until the 18th cent. did genre become the specialty of an Italian artist, Pietro Longhi. The French impressionists often painted genre subjects as did members of the American ashcan school. (Columbia encyclopedia)

see Wikipedia for an introductory discussion of genre at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_genre

Definitions of genres, especially literary genres, usually includes some expectations of form or structure, so our next question is to consider the formal elements of haiku. But genres also include certain expectation of content and aesthetic experience.

(34) Compare the genre of Haiku to [your team's comparison or activity choice].

Previous semester topics have included:

Haiku Charades - Haiku Pictionary - Haiga & Visual Arts - Haiku & Fishing - Food & Haiku - Haiclue - Jazz Haiku Impromtu-ku - Scifaiku - Star Trek Haiku - Harry Potter Haiku - Billboard Haiku - Senryu & Comic Strips

TEAM presentations/games/actvities start Thursday, September 28

for 10/3 - haiku of the day --> Masha

Team haiku comparison activities presentations

Austin, Ben, Alex P - Arts & Crafts Haiku (Haicrafts)

Mackenzie, Georgia, Trey & Mia - Piece-a Haiku

(35) write 4-7 haiku related to your comparison or upcoming activity.

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your team genre comparison and your team's comparison activity plans & 4-7 related haiku by midnight Wednesday, 9/27)

for 10/5 - haiku of the day --> Austin

Team haiku comparison activities presentations

Kalli, Maddy & Alex H - Eye Spy Haiku

Maya, Lane, Lucas & Masha - Photography Haiga

(36) write or email haiku that come out of class activities from Tuesday 10-3 (xxxxx)

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your haiku related to various activities & haibun 1 kukai responses by midnight Wednesday, 10/4)

for 10/10 - haiku of the day --> Ben

(31) send me your haiku from the Thursday 10/5 in-class activities

Write a paragraph about your favorite actvity: Eye Spy, Photo Haiga, HaiCrafts, Piece-a-Haiku

(32) haiku writing: write 8-12 haiku or a haiku sequence about homecoming, going home, back home

(33) reading & responses: The Haiku Anthology, pages 1-119 including the introductions. select 3 favorites and write a paragraph response to 2 favorite haiku.

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your homecoming haiku & favorites from The Haiku Anthology by midnight Sunday, 10/8)

for 10/12 - fall break!

Take a break and enjoy being with friends, family and quiet time with yourself.

(34) reading response writing: Share 10-20 of your best haiku with family and friends over spring break, and see which ones they like the best. Write an email to me about favorites selected by your family and friends. Which ones did they like best and why? (due Sunday 10/15)

for 10/17 - haiku of the day -->

(35) haiku writing: write 8-12 haiku including some haiku on fall break

(36) reading & responses: The Haiku Anthology, pages 122-239. select 3 favorites and write a paragraph response to 2 favorite haiku and a full page memory response to 1 haiku ending with 2-3 new haiku by you.

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your responses and new haiku by midnight Sunday, 10/15)

for 10/19 - teams watch DVD anthology (schedule your team time)

Watch the DVD & read the haiku: Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem.

Inivite some friends or classmates over to watch the DVD video in this book. Most of the haiku cited by the haiku poets are included in the anthology usually in the same order as the DVD.

for 10/24 - haiku of the day --> Alex Pratt

Christmas kukai!

(37) reader response: write response paragraphs for three favorite haiku from Haiku: The Art of the Short Poem

(38) reader response: write a short reflection about what you realized about the English-langauge haiku poetry community from the DVD anthology. also briefly discuss one of the haiku poets who especially intrigued you.

(39) writing haiku: open topic 6-8 new haiku and 3-5 haiku on Christmas or the holiday break

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your responses and new haiku by midnight Sunday, 10/22)

for 10/26 - haiku of the day --> Dr. Brooks

reading: The Haiku Anthology, pages 240-328

(40) reader response: write response paragraphs for three favorite haiku from the The Haiku Anthology

(41) haiku writing: write 4 haiku in response to favorite haiku from The Haiku Anthology

(42) writing haiku: 4-6 new haiku on halloween or spookiness

Essay Preview - Author or Haiku topic Study:

Think about what or who you'd like to write about for your contemporary haiku reader response essay. You may want to browse the Registry of haiku poets at The Haiku Foundation <http://www.thehaikufoundation.org>. These essays are due November 7.

(43) In order to loan you books from the Decatur Haiku Collection, I need to know your intended topic or author by Wednesday at midnight, October 25. Here's guidelines for this assignment:

haiku author or topic study: A formal essay introducing a particular contemporary author, topic or technical approach to contemporary haiku readers. This is a reader-response essay, so the primary source for your essay will be your own readings and analyses of 6-10 haiku. If you are doing an author focus, discuss your author's approach to writing haiku. You may choose to write about a haiku topic instead of an author, with reader responses to 6-10 haiku related to that topic. Matching comparisons with haiku by other authors are always valued in all approaches to this essay. This can focus on one book by the author in the form of a book review essay or on a particular theme or technical approach to haiku by the author.

o focus on a point of insight or question about that author's unique contribution
o include response discussions of 6-10 haiku by the author
o optional to include at a matching comparison to a haiku by another author (or more)
o may include email or in-person interview questions to help address the haiku writer's poetics

Length? 5-10 pages single-spaced. Citations? Full citation of each source within text first time mentioned (followed by haiku citation convention of author, publication title abbreviated, page number) for subsequent mentions. Yes, do include a works-cited page.

Alex Herrera -- Alexis Rotella
Alexander Pratt -- Gregory Piko
Austin Taylor -- John Stevenson
Benjamin Maynard -- Alan Pizzarelli
Georgia Martindale -- Robert Spiess
Kalli Farmer -- sports in haiku
Lane Casper -- John Stevenson
Lucas Chatterton -- holidays
Mackenzie Martin -- Wally Swist
Madeline Delano -- senryu
Mia Klek -- Garry Gay
Masha Kostic -- Serbian haiku
Maya Dougherty -- Caroline Giles Banks
Trey DeLuna -- nature or horror haiku

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your responses, essay topic proposal, and new haiku by midnight Wednesday, 10/25)

for 10/31

reading: Haiku Guy, pages 1-53

(44) writing response: Practice the exercise of stop, look, and listen as described in the book. Find something, whether it be in your dorm, on campus, or somewhere where you can sit quietly without distraction and observe a particular thing, area, or person. Then, write about what you observed, describing what stuck out to you. Write 3-5 haiku from this exercise.

(45) Think about the source of your haiku. Where do your haiku originate? Why do you notice, observe, feel, reflect or focus on those things for immediate impact and lasting significance? Where do your very best haiku come from? What's your haiku muse? Your inspiration to write?

(46) writing response: Compare the advice given to Buck-Teeth of poets Mido and Kuro. What do you think of each of their advice? Which appeals to you more? Explain why.

(47) Write 5 haiku following Kuro's advice, and 5 haiku following Mido's approach.

Extra credit: bring to class 1 haiku written following Shiro's advice.

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your 3 Haiku Guy responses and your STOP haiku, Mido haiku & Kuro haiku by midnight Sunday, 10/29)

for 11/2

Work on your contemporary haiku essays!

(48) writing response: write about a favorite match or pair of haiku that came up in the Halloween Matching Contest 3 (write about 2 favorite haiku)

(49) Write 5-8 new haiku - OPEN TOPIC!

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your 3 Haiku Guy responses and your STOP haiku, Mido haiku & Kuro haiku by midnight Wednesday, 11/1)

for 11/7 - - scheduling day

Work on your contemporary haiku essays!

(50) writing response: write about a favorite match or pair of haiku that came up in the Mido vs. Kuro Matching Contest 4 (write about 2 favorite haiku)

(51) writing response: write about a favorite match or pair of haiku that came up in the Matching Contest 5 (write about 2 favorite haiku)

(52) Write 5-8 new haiku - in response to haiku by your contemporary author/essay topic

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your 3 Haiku Guy responses and your STOP haiku, Mido haiku & Kuro haiku by midnight Sunday, 11/5)

for 11/9 - contemporary haiku essays due

Contemporary Haiku Reader Response Essays due midnight Wednesday, November 8

Length? 5-10 pages single-spaced. Citations? Full citation of each source within text first time mentioned (followed by haiku citation convention of author, publication title abbreviated, page number) for subsequent mentions. Yes, do include a works-cited page.

(53) On November 9, bring 17 copies of a handout ( a single page front and back is fine if needed) providing your audience with print copies of all haiku discussed in your essay.

(54) Write 8-10 new haiku on topics similar to your essay or in response to haiku discussed in your essay.

(55) reading response: write your imagined felt responses to 3 favorite haiku from any kukai

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) your haiku essay, the haiku handout and new haiku to me by midnight, Wednesday, November 8)

for 11/14 - intro to Japanese haiku

(56) reading response: Old Pond Comics about the Japanese masters at <http://www.oldpondcomics.com/masters.html> and write a reader response about 1 favorite Old Pond Comic

OR TRY TO DRAW YOUR OWN HAIKU COMIC! (extra credit) (replaces previous missed day of informal work)

(57) reading response: read "An Introduction to Haiku" (Japanese haiku) handout on MOODLE and write responses to 3 of your favorite haiku

(58) Write 5-8 new haiku in response to haiku from haiku essays discussed

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your new responses & Japanese haiku responses by midnight Sunday, 11/12)

for 11/16

(59) kukai 7 - write about your favorite 3 haiku (you may also vote for an additional 5 haiku)

(60) reading response writing: Chapter 2 of Matsuo Bashô by Ueda (handout) and also available on MOODLE. Select three favorite haiku from Bashô. Write a paragraph response to these three haiku.

(61) haiku writing: write 5-8 new haiku in response to favorite haiku by Basho.

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your new haiku & responses by midnight Wednesday, 11/15)

for 11/21

(62) response writing: Find two matching English haiku to Bashô's haiku—one representing the aesthetic of sabi and one the aesthetic experience of karumi. Write a paragraph for each pair comparing these English haiku with those by Basho. One sabi haiku not by Basho compared to one sabi haiku by Basho. And one karumi haiku not by Basho compared to one karumi haiku by Basho.

(63) haiku writing: write 5 haiku based on sabi and 5 haiku based on karumi

(64) Read School's Out by Randy Brooks and write reading responses: write a reader response to 2 favorite haiku from School's Out

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your new haiku & responses by midnight Sunday, 11/19)

for 11/23 no class - Thanksgiving

for 11/28

(65) haiku writing: write 5-10 Thanksgiving break haiku

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your new Thanksgiving haiku & responses by midnight Sunday, 11/26)

for 11/30

Sabi Karumi Thanksgiving kukai

(66) reading: handout of a Bashô led kasen-no-renga and write a response to a favorite link (two adjacent links)

(67) tan-renga capping: write two-line caps for 3 favorite haiku from matching contest 6 or matching contest 7

(68) response writing: write about 1 favorite haiku from each kukai & matching contest (3 total)

in class mad verse kasen-renga

(69) haiku project proposal

Alex Herrera -- insect haiku
Alexander Pratt -- holiday haiku
Austin Taylor -- spider haiku
Benjamin Maynard -- summer freedom
Georgia Martindale -- haiku & history
Kalli Farmer -- softball haiku
Lane Casper -- lives of seven cats
Lucas Chatterton -- haiku & history
Mackenzie Martin -- travel photo haiga
Madeline Delano -- politics and haiku
Mia Klek -- haiku audition book
Masha Kostic -- food
Maya Dougherty -- back stage haiku
Trey DeLuna -- playbill haiku

The purpose of the haiku project is to apply haikai arts to something that means a lot to the student—usually something related to their major field of study. Bring your passion to this project and connect it to haiku (photography & haiku) (music & haiku) (history and haiku) (psychology & senryu) (a kasen renga) (baseball haiku) (a collage of haiku) (haiku web site) (anthology of love haiku) . . . have fun with this. make it your dream assignment. email me a paragraph explaining your project plan by midnight November 29.

You can see sample previous haiku projects at:

http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/haiku/studentprojects.html

Haiku projects are due midnight, Sunday, December 3
Project presentations are Tuesday, December 5

(70) write 5 OPEN TOPIC haiku and 10 haiku related to your proposed haiku project

(email Dr. Brooks (rbrooks@millikin.edu) send your new haiku & responses by midnight Wednesday, 11/29)

for 12/5

(71) write about a favorite tan-renga from 1 Tan-renga.

(72) type up a copy of your in class Mad-verse Kasen-renga using this template: kasen WORD template

Read the student kasen renga by Bri Hill and students at: http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/haiku/studentrenga/Grasshoppers&Tobacco.html

Plan a haiku writing gathering with classmates and/or friends (groups of 4-7). This can be any day with the resulting kasen-renga (36-links) due midnight, Sunday December 3.

(73) type up a copy of your Kasen-renga using this template: kasen WORD template OR write it by hand (folded with an OBI belt). You can see the class Mad-verse Kasen on Moodle.

This is a gathering for writing linked verse—if it's nice out you could gather in the park or at Rock Springs or at someone's place. Allow the spirit of the place where you gather to be a springboard for the haiku, but don't limit yourself to that place once you get into the linking. Let your links go out through time and seasons moving from person (ninjo) focused to non-person (ninjo-nashi) focus to avoid too much continuity of persons or scenes. Try to avoid more than three ninjo or ninjo-nashi links in a row. Remember, every two links make a new poem.

Using the following guide, try writing a kasen-no-renga.

(1) ninjô verses—people or emotion or human environment verses (self, other or both)
(2) ninjô-nashi—non-people or things or place or nature-only verses

Write a 36 link kasen-no-renga:

(1) hokku—sets tone, greets all, establishes season, quiets guests to join in
(2) wakiku—builds on unstated elements of the hokku and maintains season. ends in a noun
(3) daisanku—ends with open-ended image (often transitive verb ING)
(5) usually moon shows up here for the first time
(6) concludes the first page (jo) often written by the official scribe
(7)-(29) heats up the links and leaping (intensification)
(13) moon appears again
(17) blossoms usually show up here
(29) moon's third and final appearance
(30)-(36) kyû—the slow down finale (quiets back down into calmness)
(35) cherry blossoms always here
(36) end with openness and reverberation

Publication fold/design questions?
The paper is folded into 4 panels for each side (cathedral door style).
Panel 1 (outside cover) – title, date, place, copyright, (sometimes authors)
Panel 2 (first fold inside left panel) – first six links
Panel 3 (further inside far left panel) – next six links
Panel 4 (far left inside page panel) – next six links
Panel 5 (right center page panel) – next six links
Panel 6 (far right inside page panel) – next six links
Panel 7 (last fold inside right page panel) – next six links
Panel 8 (back outside cover) – acknowledgments & author links
optional obi (paper belt around the folded renga)

email me your kasen-renga due Sunday midnight, December 3. and bring at least one copy to class (properly folded and belted) for sharing in class on Tuesday, December 5

Half-Kasen by Fall 2017 Global Haiku Students:

Alex Herrera, Mackenzie Martin, Maddy Delano, Morgan Better, Megan Batty -- Celebration All Around
Alexander Pratt, Austin Taylor, Benjamin Maynard -- The Package
Austin Taylor, Alexander Pratt, Benjamin Maynard -- Patiently Waiting
Benjamin Maynard, Austin Taylor, Alexander Pratt -- The Wilted Flower
Mia Klek, Trey DeLuna, Meghan Pender, Tyler Huber -- Eternal Love
Georgia Martindale & friends -- Abandoned Factory
Kalli Farmer & friends -- Chasing the Squirrel
Lane Casper, Maya Dougherty & friends -- Tuesday Starting

Half-Kasen Mad-verse (round robin) completed by class kukai:

Alex P -- Exercise Therapy
Alexander Herrera -- Key to Yourself
Austin Taylor -- Fading Jack-O-Lantern
Benjamin Maynard -- Alone No More
Georgia Martindale -- Lost Promises
Lane Casper -- Only Darkness
Lucas Chatterton -- Vampire Dad
Mia Klek -- Nowhere To Go
Maddy Delano -- Curious Eyes
Maya Dougherty -- Snoring Together
Randy Brooks -- Following Moonbeams
Trey DeLuna -- A Little Girl's Wish

for 12/7 (last day of class)

haiku project presentations

(74) haiku projects due (to be shared in class). email the contents of your projects (the haiku at least and introduction & photographs or power point, etc) by Midnight Sunday, December 4 or sooner.

Signature Gift Exchange & Sharing Haiku Collections

(75) Signature haiku gift exchange (digital photo sent to me) and haiku chapbook collections (email to me) are due Wednesday, December 6.

The signature haiku process—a haiku to give to others when they ask about haiku that can be used to teach them about haiku and to share some of your work with them. A haiku you want to be known for or known by—one that works with a lot of readers. A gift of a haiku insight . . . often presented as a gift of some sort such as a bookmark, a small haiku stone, etc.

BRING 15 copies to class! (including 1 for yourself)

Haiku Collection Booklets due: Select and organize your best haiku & senryu & haibun & renga into a collection. Make a little booklet, or print them in a binder, or write them in a blank book.

Select and organize your best haiku & senryu & haibun & renga into a small booklet or collection. Give your collection a title and a © 2017 page. (Often signature haiku are connected to the title.) Include a dedication page if you would like to.

Be sure to write an author's introduction to your collection which explains your title and expresses your approach or why these are the ones you have included in your collection (your poetics preface). Ask a reading partner to write a short introduction to your collection, maybe pointing out one or two favorites—or their observation about something unique about your haiku (the reader's introduction). The reader's introduction should help strangers appreciate and value your collection.

Bring your Haiku Collection to class Thursday, December 7!

(76) Don't forget to e-mail a copy of the contents of your collection including your introduction to Dr. Brooks by midnight, Wednesday, December 6!

(77) Don't forget to e-mail your short bio statement to Dr. Brooks by midnight, December 6. This bio statement will be used at our Global Haiku final exam Reading.

(email Dr. Brooks your collection, photo of signature haiku, short bio by Wednesday midnight, December 6)

for 12/14

final exam reading --> Final Exam: Thursday, December 14 @ 2-3:30pm @ Kirkland 128

The Fall Global Haiku Reading & Haiku Cut Competition

I will bring your haiku collections and return them to you at the final Global Haiku Reading.

Extra credit is available for bringing 2 or more guests to the reading, or for helping with one of our haiku reading tasks. Have your guests sign your signature haiku page for credit.

Dr. Brooks - M.C. (introductions & bio notes)

(78) Submissions to haiku magazines Final. (one email submission copied to me & one snail mail submission brought to the final exam in envelopes)

Type a selection of 5 of your best haiku with your name and address on the upper left hand corner of the page. Also bring an envelope with your name and address in the upper left hand corner. Also include a self addressed envelope with your name and address in both the upper left hand corner and the addressee spot.

Post-class evaluation (SIRs & Reflections)

(79) Don't forget to do your SIR course evaluation!

(80) Review haiku you have written from the kukai, matching contest, and from your final haiku collection. Write about why 5 of your haiku are your favorites. (3 pages maximum)

(81) Write a short reflection essay on how your life has been enriched by learning more about the literary art of reading and writing haiku. What has the art of haiku taught you that will be of value in your professional, social and personal life? (3 pages maximum)

EMAIL your 80 and 81 reflection writings to me by midnight Sunday, December 17 at: rbrooks@millikin.edu