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\u2022 Maggie West says “After \u2022 Maggie West says “After I had been writing short poems for some years, I discovered haiku while studying formal western-style calligraphy. In 1992, I became a member of The British Haiku Society and was thereby introduced to other forms of Japanese poetry. I much prefer the brevity and simplicity of the Japanese style. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haibun-tanka-haiku-haiga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24114,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions\/24114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI had been writing short poems for some years, I discovered haiku while
\nstudying<\/span> formal western-style calligraphy. In 1992, I became
\na member of The British Haiku Society<\/span> and was thereby
\nintroduced to other forms of Japanese poetry.<\/span> I
\nmuch prefer the brevity and simplicity of the Japanese style.<\/span> I feel they have much to teach us, from the subtle, non-judgmental
\nhaiku, wit of senryu, heartfelt<\/span> emotion of the tanka, to the
\ncollaborative aspects of renga poetry. Many of these short poems<\/span> have a greater depth than first perceived. Ancient Japanese poems,
\nspeak intimately and<\/span> effortlessly to us across space, time
\nand language barriers.<\/span> After reading these, other types of
\npoetry seem lacking in many ways.<\/span>
“Working mainly
\nwith inks and other water-based media, I have always enjoyed 'mark
\nmaking'; transforming<\/span> the tactile working surface using many
\ntypes of brushes, pens, quills and sticks as necessary.<\/span> I try
\nto make my handwriting on the haiga as legible as possible without
\nbeing formal.<\/span> As I come from a 'western art' background, my
\nwork is not traditional in the Japanese sense; however,<\/span> I try
\nto be true to the spirit of haiga.” For more information visit Maggie's website at www.maggieonthebeach.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"