Posted: November 7, 2017 in Dalvir Gill
HOKKU
In 1907 an English-language article about the hokku appeared in — of all places — The Reformed Church Review, published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was written by a Japanese — Professor J. K. Maeda — apparently a teacher at the Protestant North Japan College (Tohoku Gakuin) in Sendai at that time. It shows us that the name hokku was then still in general use, before it was overtaken — as the years passed — by Shiki’s promotion of the eventually confusing term “haiku.”
It also reveals a major factor in why Westerners had difficulty appreciating the hokku for what it was. There was a strong tendency — still prevalent in the later writing of Harold Henderson — to present the hokku to Westerners in (often abysmal) rhymed form, no doubt to make it recognizable to them as a kind of poetry (as poetry was still then generally understood)…
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broken wing
of a bird of prey . . .
sabre beak
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Posted: May 18, 2017 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Hokku, Photography, Writer

mice . . .
the bamboos
flower
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Posted: May 18, 2017 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Hokku, Photography, Writer

a horse’s limp
in the onus bundle;
a hefty rise
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Posted: May 18, 2017 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Hokku, Photography, Writer
swan song …
would you sing for me, lyre-bird
when i’m gone
( a Jisei )
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Posted: February 26, 2017 in Jisei
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the flag
eating the butterflies . . .
debris, June
ध्वज
खा रहा है तितलियां
भग्नावशेष, जून
ਕੇਤੁ
ਖਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਤਿਤਲੀਆਂ
ਖੰਡਰਾਤ, ਜੂਨ
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Posted: June 17, 2016 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Hokku, Photography, Writer
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the rising Sun
whipping against the shore . . .
lessons unlearned
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Posted: April 19, 2016 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Hokku, Photography, Writer
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shuffling
the memories . . .
tree-rings
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Posted: March 20, 2016 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Hokku, Photography, Writer
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the humility . . .
voiceless creating all,
the forms
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Posted: March 20, 2016 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Hokku, Photography, Writer
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the blaring
prayer of the dumb . . .
sheldrake
ਗੂੰਜ ਰਹੀ
ਗੂੰਗੇ ਦੀ ਦੁਆ . . .
ਚਕਵੀ
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Posted: March 19, 2016 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Hokku, Photography, Writer
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misty stars . . .
is it of any help,
my camp-fire
©2016 dalvir gill
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Posted: February 27, 2016 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Hokku, Photography, Writer
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Posted: January 2, 2016 in Dalvir Gill
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ਜਪੁ ਨਾਮੁ;
ਕਿਆ ਹੀ ਖ਼ੂਬ ਆਰਸੀ ‘ਚ
ਨਜ਼ਰ ਮੇਰੀ
ਛਕੁ ਵੰਡਿ . . .
ਰਾਮ ਗਊ ਨੂੰ ਚੂਰੀ ਦੇ
ਸੱਤ ਪਿੰਨੇ
ਕਿਰਤੁ—
ਦੋਵੇਂ ਹੱਥ ਪਾਕੁ ਪਵਿਤੁ
ਇੱਕ ਹੱਥ ਦੀ ਤਾੜੀ
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ਤਿੰਨ ਹੋੱਕੂ
July 08, 2015
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Posted: September 2, 2015 in Dalvir Gill, Haiku Punjabi, Hokku, Writer
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the earthworms
around a rose-bush . . .
family-reunion
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Posted: September 1, 2015 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Hokku, Photography, Writer
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ਗੱਲ-ਬਾਤ
ਕਿਨਾਰਿਆਂ ‘ਤੇ ਖੜ੍ਹੇ
ਬਿਫਰੀ ਨਦੀ
ਤਰਨਾ ਨ ਜਾਣਦੇ ਦੋਵੇਂ
ਗਲਵਕੜੀ ਵੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ
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Posted: August 31, 2015 in Dalvir Gill, Tanka, Writer
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Posted: August 8, 2015 in Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Hokku, Photography, Writer
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ਮੇਰੇ ਜਿਹੋਂ ਤੂੰ;
ਅੱਧ ਕੱਜਿਆ, ਨੰਗ . . .
ਮੇਘ ਆਕਾਸ਼ੀਂ
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ਪਹਾੜੀ ਸੁਰੀਲੀ
ਦੂਰ ਇੱਕ ਝਰਨਾ . . .
ਗੂੰਜੇ ਨਿਸ਼ਬਦ
a waterfall
in the mount impossible . . .
song without sounds
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Posted: June 23, 2015 in Dalvir Gill, Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Haiku, Haiku Punjabi, Writer
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Posted: June 3, 2015 in Dalvir Gill, Haiga, Haiku Punjabi, Manpreet Singh, Writer
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ਅਨਾਹਦ ਨਾਦ;
ਅੱਧੀ ਰਾਤੀਂ ਬਾਪੂ ਪੁੱਛੇ
ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਪਾਠ

ਮਿਤ੍ਰ Manpreet Singh ਨੇ ਨਾ ਤਾਂ ਕਦੇ ਕੋਈ ਹਾਇਕੂ ਪੜ੍ਹਿਆ ਹੈ ਨਾ ਹਾਇਕੂ ਬਾਰੇ ਹੀ। ਪਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਆਹ ਤਿੰਨ ਸਤਰਾਂ ਲਿਖ ਸੁਟੀਆਂ। ਪਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਇਹ ਹਾਇਕੂ ਵਜੋਂ ਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ ਕਿ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਰ “ਇੱਕ ਹੱਥ ਦੀ ਤਾੜੀ” ਨਸਲ ਦੇ ਜਿਹੜੇ ਹਾਇਕੂ ਮੇਰੇ ਨਾਲ ਅਭੋਲ ਹੀ ਜੋੜ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਗਏ ਸਨ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਇਹ ਉੱਤਮ ਕਿਸਮ ਦਾ ਹਾਇਕੂ ਹੈ ਜਾਂ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਇਉਂ ਲੱਗਦਾ ਹੈ। ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼ ਜਿਉਣ ਜੋਗਿਆ !!!
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cracked earth . . .
somewhere a snail
chasing clouds
Robert D. Wilson —Robert D. Wilson
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