Tasks / Hey You Haiku
This requires a bit of free time to people watch.
Oh, haiku are 5/7/5, by the way. They are usually about nature and simplicity.
1. Spend time in a public place like a park or parking lot
2. Pick an individual you notice
3. Write a haiku about them or for them on a sticky note
4. Stick it to their car/dog/shopping cart
5. Maintain invisibilty throughout this task
1 to 10 players
10 points
Level 1
Requires BART Psychogeographical Association OR The University of Aesthematics OR Humanitarian Crisis OR Biome
Created by adeline
5 completed :: 15 in progress
Interested in collaborating on this: (no one yet!)
this task is retired
Comments
Just a note about traditional Haiku... part of the process is to observe and remark without critical or editorial comment. The imagery and juxtapositions themselves within the short poem are supposed to provide the commentary while the writer's voice is simply there to describe.
Or at least, that's how the zen influenced Haiku is supposed to work (as I understand). We in America are usually introduced to Haiku in grade school as the first and easiest formal poetry that can be taught, but due to the early point that it is taught, the non-editorial nature of the poetry is usually left out, being a somewhat difficult concept to teach new poets. Unfortunately no one gets around later on to teach the full power of the super-short non-editorial poem, so most American Haiku lacks this restriction.
Just my two cents. I'm putting it in because the non-editorializing, to me, feels so much more satisfying, and since this task is about observation and then interaction, I just felt that it might be an appropriate addition for those who want something a little extra.
Is haibun acceptable for this taske?
Should "maintain invisibility" be taken literally? Because I seem to have misplaced my Invisibility Cloak.
and i quote...
haikus are easy
but sometimes they don't make sense
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...preserved for antiquity here:
Saw you smoking there
it looks cool but kills your lungs
take care of yourself