Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,
Recently I started this new "branch" of the Carpe Diem Haiku Kai Family and I love how this new "branch" already find its way to the visitors. Here at the CDHK Academy I will gather the educational posts which I published earlier on Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, a daily haiku meme.
This new post is about Troiku, its a new way of creating haiku and I (Chèvrefeuille) have created / invented it myself. So here is more about Troiku.
TROIKU, a new form of
haiku
I love to
introduce to you a new haiku form invented / created by your host Chèvrefeuille,
the Troiku and I think it's fun, but not an easy form. First I have to tell you
something about the source of the name Troiku.
It goes back to 17th century Russia.
It goes back to 17th century Russia.
A troika
(meaning: triplet or trio, as shown above) is a traditional Russian harness driving
combination, using three horses abreast, usually pulling a sleigh. It differs
from most other three horse combinations in that the horses are harnessed
abreast. The middle horse is usually harnessed in a horse collar and shaft bow;
the side horses are usually in breast collar harness. The troika is
traditionally driven so that the middle horse trots and the side horses canter;
the right hand horse will be on the right lead and the left hand horse on the
left lead.
The troika
was developed in Russia during the 17th century and could reach on full-speed
45-50 kilometers per hour, which was at that time a very high speed on land for
vehicles.
OK ... up to the Troiku. Compared with
the troika, haiku counts three lines and the troika was driven by three horses.
A troika was (mostly) a sleigh and that ... my dear haijin, visitors and
travelers is what a troika made a troika.
In the Troiku, the sleigh is the base haiku from which we will start.
In the Troiku, the sleigh is the base haiku from which we will start.
E.g. the
'sleigh' of our Troiku is a haiku written by a classical (or modern) haiku
poet.
For the
introduction of the Troiku I have chosen a haiku by Basho. A very well-known
one written by him ... namely 'frog pond'.
furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizo no oto
old pondfrog jumps in
sound of water
In this Troiku form it's the intention to write three new haiku (the horses of the troika) starting with the separated lines of the 'sleigh'.
In this
example you have to write a new haiku with 'old pond', 'frog jumps in' and
'sound of water'. Let's give it a try heh ...
The 'sleigh':
old pondfrog jumps in
sound of water
The horses:
Horse one:
old pond -
the scent of the Lotus
overwhelms me
the scent of the Lotus
overwhelms me
Horse two:
frog
jumps in
the sound of rain far away
thunder and lightning
the sound of rain far away
thunder and lightning
Horse three:
sound of
water
dripping from the gutter
after the hurricane
dripping from the gutter
after the hurricane
Nice way of
writing haiku isn't it. I love it. I hope you, my dear haijin, do like this new
Troiku too. Let's do another one. This time I will use a haiku written by
myself. This haiku I published on Carpe Diem on November 5th,
2012.
all day sunrise
what a joy to live in
my orange house
The horses:
Horse
one:
all day
sunrise
Mother Nature is confused
the longest day
Mother Nature is confused
the longest day
Horse two:
what a joy
to live ina world full of fantasy
patches of clouds
Horse three:
my orange
housesave harbor for my children
till when will it last?
©
Chèvrefeuille
It's really a nice way to be creative with that wonderful ancient / classical Japanese poetry form, haiku. A real challenge too I think. Of course in this form you cannot follow the classical rules, because it's more a "free-style" way of haiku crafting.Namasté
Chèvrefeuille
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