The haiku is sometimes written in situations
of moral or physical distress, of emotional shock, of war or social collapse
...
It can also be a howl, a protest, a revolt.
We are here far, very far from the Zen poem, detached from the world and its realties. I want here illustrate this
kind of writing, that therapeutic use of a poetic form.
Haiku at war
Anti-War Haiku Wall (Jan.11th 2003)
http://awhw.tempslibres.org
Aproject against the coming war...
Vietnam ruminations - Robert Wilson (30 avr.05)
http://www.tempslibres.org/awhw/col/rw/rwindex.html
Some powerful haibun, accounts from the field about the horror of that
dreadful war.
Haiku as a story
Old age, illness
Ginette Fauquet (Quebec) : Epreuve (Jan 17th 04)
Thelma Mariano (Canada) : These are not haiku but tanka. I choose to publish them because it is a deeply moving series on Alzheimer disease. It is told by a woman who observes the gradual deterioration of her mother as she takes care of her in the early stages of this disease..
Diabetes(Cindy Tebo)
Hospital(Johannes Manjrekar, Serge Tomé)
writer's conference Dina E. Cox (Canada) (April 2nd, 06)
Death, the loss of a relative
JasminkaNadaskic Djordjevic
Blows
Haiku as a protest
Marlène Mountain (USA)
Paul Conneally (UK)
Serge Tomé (Belgique)
Honku
: The Zen Antidote to Road Rage (April 08th,05)
An original way to protest against traffic and cars troubles. Haiku post
and honku of the day by email. My
favourites honku ...
Social Haiku
Le haïku comme outil de reportage, drames sociaux, manifestations...
Homeless...Claire Gardien (France) (2010-02-15)
Le haïku comme affirmation d'identité
Haiku as an account
Julien Vocance : Cent visions de guerre (WWI France 1917)
Dragan J. Ristic : Haïku d'un abri anti-aérien(Yugoslavia 1999)
Serge Tomé : fractures (Yugoslavia, Kosovo Spring 1999)
Robert Wilson : Vietnam war, by an American soldier.
-in World
Haiku Review and WHCvanguard (haibun) (May
1st)
- You can download his book in PDF format at : http://www.vietnamruminations.com/
Haiku dealing with controversial themes
Haiku Taboo - Submission for an anthology, Raffael de Grutolla, Jim Kacin, Lenard D. Moore, Dave Russo, Richard Krawiec
Haiku masters have written poems on every aspect of life. But often publishers have been reluctant to print haiku dealing with controversial themes such as sexuality, violence, bodily functions, etc. TABOO HAIKU is a mass-market anthology that will feature the finest international Haiku dealing with the forbidden themes that often go unexplored in mainstream haiku publications.