Zen Haiku has the same rules as plain haiku. It's inspired by Zen philosophy that everything in nature and human nature is connected. The first haiku master was a Zen monk, Matsuo Basho.

HAIKU is a Japanese short unrhymed poem that uses imagistic language to express the essence of a deeply felt moment in time. It resonates on a deeper level, leaving the reader enlightened and making an insightful connection. American haiku doesn't follow the 5/7/5 form, because Japanese syllables are much shorter. The rule of thumb is to write it as succinctly as possible and 17 syllables or less. HAIKU uses a dash to pause before the SATORI. Avoid capitalization (except proper names) and punctuation.


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Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." - Novalis

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