Dienstag, 22. Februar 2011

Hay(na)ku


I'm on a trip to Berlin right now, so I will write about my other Literary Quilts later.
From here I can post pictures of small things and I'll add little Hay(na)kus.
A Hay(na)ku is a short poem.
If my research on the internet was correct, a Hay(na)ku is a tercet, consisting of three lines and six words, arranged like this: first line one word, second line two words, third line three words, or the other way round: first line three words and second line two, followed by one word in the third line. There are combinations and variations possible.
The Hay(na)ku was invented by the poet Eileen Tabios, and was officially inaugurated on the web on June 12th, 2003, the Philippine Independence day.

For me it's just fun to play with words in this way!