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Global Haiku Tradition AssignmentsAll writing assignments are to be submitted by email attachment. Haiku to Edit 1 • Haiku 1 Edited Kukai 5 • Kukai 5 favorites Kukai 6 Music • Kukai 6 Results Kukai 7 Food • Kukai 7 Results Kukai 8 Springtime • Kukai 8 Results Kukai 9 First Job • Kukai 9 Results Kukai 10 Decades • Kukai 10 Results Snow Day Contest 2 • Results 2 People Watching Contest 3 • Results 3 Tan-Renga 1 • Tan-Renga 1 Capped Rengay Kukai • Rengay Kukai favorites Kasen-no-renga: Artificially Authentic Crop Circles Day of Silence Contest 4 • Results 4 Final Kukai • Final Kukai Results Semester Grading Percentages email assignments (25%) Reading & Writing Assignments by Dates: for 1/19 reading: To Hear the Rain, pages 1-64, introductions, prose (and the interview in the back of the book) reading responses: select 3 favorite haiku and briefly write your imagined, felt response to them. be ready to discuss why you like them and select 1 favorite haiku from MAYFLY magazine and write your imagined response to it. write: 3-5 haiku on the coldness (not ABOUT the cold but about a moment of encountering the cold--cold wind, cold walk, cold hands, cold car). (email your responses & 3-5 haiku by midnight Thursday, January 18) for 1/22 reading: the other half of Lyles’ book (65-128 pages) response writing: find three more favorite Lyles haiku—write your short imagined felt responses to them (one paragraph each), haiku writing: go into more depth (about one page) describing a memory from your own life in response to one of Lyles' haiku. THEN write 3-5 haiku which capture different moments or feelings from within that memory from your experience. (email your 3 responses & extended memory & 3-5 haiku by midnight Sunday, January 21) for 1/24 reading: the Kukai 1 haiku group writing response: why does Peggy Lyles choose to write haiku about these moments? writing response: select 8-10 favorites from the haiku kukai 1 on the Cold, Kukai 1 Cold, write a short imagined response to two. bring me your list of favorites to class and email your response paragraph by midnight, January 23. Favorites will be posted on the web site: Kukai 1 favorites. for 1/26 reading Lyles some more: find 2-3 more haiku by Peggy that especially trigger memories from your childhood and write a short memory response to at least 2 (followed by your own haiku) writing haiku for Friday, January 26 : try 5-10 more haiku based on childhood memories rising up from reading Peggy Lyles' haiku. include at least 2-3 snow haiku! (email a copy to Dr. Brooks by midnight January 25) for 1/29 reading: Haiku Handbook Chapter 2 (class handout) response writing: find a favorite Japanese & Lyles haiku to compare—write your short imagination responses to them and analyze differences in the Japanese haiku and Lyles’ work. email your comparison to me editing group haiku: based on the haiku editing workshop in class on Friday, email me variations and edit suggestions for three haiku from the HAIKU TO EDIT 1 handout. AND write edit suggestions and variations of at least one haiku of childhood by each member in your group. Send your edit variations to each other in the group and copy to me by midnight, Sunday, January 28 for 1/31 writing response: write about 2 favorite haiku by Peggy Lyles—discuss the use of season in a haiku by Peggy Lyles. what does the seasonal element contribute? send me your 2 paragraphs to me by midnight, February 1 edited haiku: send me final edits of your own childhood memory haiku (and final edits of haiku from the "haiku 1 edited" page by midnight, January 30 for 2/2 (kukai 2 on Childhood Memories) writing response: select 10-15 favorites from Kukai 2 on childhood memories. write a short imagined response to three favorite haiku. bring your list of favorites to class and email your 3 response paragraphs to me by midnight Thursday, February 1 extra credit haiku writing: write 2-3 new haiku in response to haiku from Kukai 2. for 2/5 reading: Almost Unseen by George Swede, Introduction and haiku from pages 1-60 reading response: What is one of the most essential elements of haiku Swede or Tom Lynch emphasize in the introductions to his book? writing: find three favorite haiku from the reading and write a short response paragraph to both of them AND write a response haiku in response to 3 favorites by George Swede. (email your 3 response paragraphs and 3 response haiku to me by midnight, Sunday Feb. 4) extra credit haiku writing: write 2-3 new haiku on Superbowl parties/weekend/game. Treat "superbowl" as a seasonal word element. for 2/7 reading: Almost Unseen by George Swede, Introduction and haiku from pages 61-128 writing: find two more favorite haiku from the Swede and write a short response paragraph to both of them and write a response haiku to 2 favorites from the reading (email your 2 response paragraphs and 2 response haiku to me by midnight Tuesday, Feb. 6) for 2/9 (group workshop day) email 3 of your haiku you want your group to edit to each other (copy to Dr. Brooks). BRING THEM FRIDAY for a group haiku editing workshop day. During workshop, edit as many of these haiku as possible, so that the author has at least 3 variations to consider. start the group writing response (1-2 pages with at least 2 example haiku): what are the essential elements of haiku? What makes some haiku better than others? How would you define or describe the characteristics of haiku? What must a haiku do (for? with?) for readers to be effective? for 2/12 (kukai 3) writing response: select 8-10 favorites from Kukai 3. write a short imagined response to three favorite haiku. bring your list of favorites to class and email your 3 response paragraphs to me by midnight Sunday, February 11 haiku writing assignment: write 5-10 haiku about moments of romance, first dates, engagement, love, break-ups, attraction, marriage, dances, blind dates, lost love, anniversary, valentine's day, etc. these don't have to be just the sweet side. they can be about frustration, irritation, bothersome feelings, etc. AND BE SURE TO INCLUDE a seasonal element in at least 3 of your attempts (okay, yes "valentine's" would be a kigo) for 2/14 group presentations of these group essays will be on February 14: For your presentation emphasize one of the essential elements of haiku? What makes some haiku better than others? What must a haiku do (for? with?) for readers to be effective? Email your essay to me by midnight, February 13. The printed version of the final group essay is due on Wednesday, February 14. for 2/16 reading: Love Haiku by Masajo Suzuki, Introduction and haiku from pages 1-64 reading responses: find three favorite haiku by Masajo. write a short response paragraph to two of them and write one response haiku to the third favorite from Masajo. (email your 2 response paragraphs and 1 response haiku to me by midnight Thursday, Feb. 15) haiku writing assignment: write 4-6 haiku about valentine's day. email them to me by Thursday, Feb. 15 for 2/19 reading: Love Haiku by Masajo Suzuki, haiku from pages 64-128 reading responses: find three more favorite haiku by Masajo and write short response paragraphs to 2 of the haiku. Let your third response be a more extended imaginative (fictional) piece about someone spinning off the third Masajo haiku as its starting point. End your fictional wandering with a haiku. writing haiku: write 3-5 haiku about relationships (ninjo haiku) but be sure to include some aspect of nature or season or context-setting thing (ninjo-nashi) element in each haiku. (email your 2 Masajo picks, your 1 ficition spin-off with a haiku, and your 3-5 relationships haiku by midnight, Feb 18) for 2/21 writing response: select 5-8 favorites from Kukai 4. write a short imagined response to two favorite haiku. bring your list of favorites to class and email your 2 response paragraphs to me by midnight Thursday, February 20 matching contest responses: Complete Love Haiku Matching Contest 1 and Snow Day Matching Contest 2. select your favorite from each pair, and move through the tournament of pairs to determine your grand champion for each contest. write about a favorite pair that was difficult to choose between from one of the matching contests and email it to me by midnight Thursday, February 20 matching contest kukai (love) and (blizzard) for 2/23 haiku writing assignment: write 4-6 haiku about melting snow or early spring or some religious/faith experience such as Ash Wednesday, Chinese New Year, meditation, prayer, your faith or spiritual tradition. email them to me by midnight Thursday, Feb. 22 for 2/26 reading: The Haiku Anthology, pages 1-60 including the introductions. select 3 favorites and write a paragraph response to 3 favorite haiku. (extra credit: write 2 haiku in response to 2 favorites from the Haiku Anthology). send your work to me by email by midnight Sunday, Feb 25. genre study assignment: find and bring at least one example of the other genre to class Monday during class on 2/26 in class reading response team genre analysis: As a group (with your designated leader/writer), compare the essentials of your other art/media/genre with haiku as a genre. What do you like best in top-quality examples of both your genre and in haiku?
for 2/28 group report part 2: reading group representative write your group's comparison of haiku genre to the other genre . . . similarites, differences in these performances/productions? (use at least 1 main example from the comparison thing). This is the second half of a genre study of haiku. Also, let me know what your group is planning to compare the art of haiku to. Haiku & ????? (another art or genre or media of expression). Presentations will begin Wednesday, February 28 team presentations on Wednesday:
for 3/2 team presentations on Friday:
writing haiku: write 3-5 haiku related to the thing your group compared haiku to AND write 2-3 haiku to things from the other teams. for 3/5 MONDAY IS A TEAM DAY (meet with your team wherever you want) writing haiku: write 2-3 haiku to comparison things from the other teams and email them to me by Sunday midnight. writing response: select 2 favorites from Mayfly issue 42 (free copy given in class Friday). write a short imagined response to two favorite haiku. email your 2 response paragraphs to me by midnight Sunday, February 20 Team genre comparison essays are to be revised and completed by midnight Monday, March 5. Include an introduction, a genre-description of excellence in each of the things being compared, and examples of each art or thing being discussed for contrast and comparison. Make some conclusions. This is a formal essay, typed without typos, carefully edited for clear expression, ready for readers to enjoy. Do introduce your sources well, cite authors and page numbers, and include a works cited page. You may include original haiku by your group members as an appendix or within the essay for extra credit. for 3/7 each team submits their idea for a special kukai or matching contest (name the theme or approach other students should take to enter into the kukai)
for 3/9 writing response: select 10-15 favorites from Kukai 5. write a short imagined response to three favorite haiku. bring your list of favorites to class and email your 3 response paragraphs to me by midnight Thursday, March 8
for 3/12 writing haiku: write haiku on FOOD, ANIMALS, FRUSTRATION, and MUSIC and send them to Dr. Brooks by midnight, Sunday March 11
for 3/14 reading: The Haiku Anthology, pages 60-157. select 4 favorites and write a paragraph response to 2 favorite haiku and write a haiku in response to 2 favorites. send me your two paragraphs and two haiku by email by midnight Tuesday, March 13) writing response: select 5-6 favorites from Kukai 6 on Music Haiku. write a short imagined response to two favorite haiku. bring your list of favorites to class and email your 2 response paragraphs to me by midnight Tuesday, March 13 for 3/16 writing response: select 5-6 favorites from Kukai 7 on Food Haiku. write a short imagined response to two favorite haiku. bring your list of favorites to class and email your 2 response paragraphs to me by midnight Thursday, March 15 reading: The Haiku Anthology, pages 158-328. select 4 favorites and write a paragraph response to 2 favorite haiku and write a haiku in response to 2 favorites. send me your two paragraphs and two haiku by email by midnight Thursday, March 15) for 3/19-3-23 Spring break!
for 3/26 writing haiku: write haiku on DECADES, SPRINGTIME, PEOPLE WATCHING, and FIRST JOBS and send them to Dr. Brooks by midnight, Sunday March 25 (earlier is a good thing)
for 3/28 writing response: from Kukai 8 on Spring Haiku. write a short imagined response to two favorite haiku from the in-class Monday kukai. email your 2 response paragraphs to me by midnight Tuesday, March 27 writing response: select 5-6 favorites from Kukai 9 on First Job Haiku. write a short imagined response to two favorite haiku. bring your list of favorites to class and email your 2 response paragraphs to me by midnight Tuesday, March 27 for 3/30 writing response: select 5-6 favorites from Kukai 10 on Haiku Through the Decades. write a short imagined response to two favorite haiku. bring your list of favorites to class and email your 2 response paragraphs to me by midnight Thursday, March 29 writing response: select your favorites from the Matching Contest 3 on People Watching. write a short comparison response to a favorite matching pair of haiku. bring your page of favorites to class and email your 1 comparison response paragraph to me by midnight Thursday, March 29 haiku authors chosen for in-depth study:
for 4/2 haiku author study: email the name of the author you plan to study if YOUR NAME ISN'T LISTED above reading: Chapters 1-2 of Matsuo Bashô by Ueda (pages 1-68). Select four favorites from Bashô (including one from Ueda's conception of four different phases of his work). Write a paragraph response to two. writing: Write an extended memory response (2-3 paragraphs / no more than 1 page long) to one of Bashô's haiku, and end your extended memory with 3-5 original haiku. send me your paragraph responses and original haiku by email by midnight Sunday, April 1 for 4/4 reading: Bashô (Chapter 3 The Renku) , pages 69-111 and email a ¶ me about two favorite links and about a favorite pair that shows up in in one of the renku. email by midnight Tuesday, April 3 reading & writing: write 4-5 caps to the tan renga 1. email by midnight Tuesday, April 3. for 4/11 reading
response writing: write about your favorite cap for at least two of the Tan-Renga 1 Capped reading response writing: Share 10-20 of your best haiku with family and friends over Easter break, and see which ones they like the best. Write a short note to me about favorites selected by your family and friends. email by midnight Tuesday, April 10. reading & writing: "How to Write Rengay" handout. write 2 or 3 rengay (at least one with someone in or who has taken haiku class) and (at least one with friends or family outside haiku class). email your completed rengay by midnight Tuesday, April 10. (Sooner will help!) for 4/13 reading: Traces of Dreams, Chapters 1 and 4, pages 1-29 and 82-115. find and write about one example of a favorite haiku in English (by a fellow student or from your haiku books or from your author) that demonstrates each of the following 3 types of linking (yes, three examples and paragraphs) email them to me by midnight Thursday, April 13: (1) word links—puns, objects writing response: select 1 favorite rengay from Rengay 1 kukai. write a short paragraph why this rengay is your favorite rengay discussing the aesthetic experiences of linking evident in that rengay. bring your list of favorites to class and email your 1 response paragraph to me by midnight Thursday, April 13 for 4/16 write 1 rengay with careful attention to mixing up the types of links used (ninjo / ninjo-nashi) (word / content / scent). Also, be sure to consider variations or alternatives for each link as you build your rengay. email your completed rengay by midnight Sunday, April 15. for 4/18 (no class-team meeting day for kasen-no-renga work) There is no class on April 18th to give your team another possible time to complete or work on your kasen-no-renga. But do send me the following two email items: reading & responding to your author: write a paragraph response to 3 favorite haiku by your author. share these haiku with friends and collect a variety of responses to them. do on an extended memory response to 1 favorite by your author (then write 2-3 haiku from your memory). send me your 3-4 favorites responses and extended memory haiku by email by midnight April 18. for 4/20 reading response writing: vote for three-four favorite rengay (other than your own) and write about your favorite rengay from the Rengay Kukai and why it is your favorite. this kukai will be by response only, with only the favorite kukai being anounced Friday, April 20. Send me your 3-4 votes and your writing about your favorite by Thursday, midnight April 19. Read the student kasen renga by Bri Hill and students from Spring 2003 Global Haiku Traditions at: http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com/MillikinHaiku/haiku/studentrenga/Grasshoppers&Tobacco.html or see the Spring 2006 kasen renga "Smoke Screen" at: Plan a Spring haiku writing gathering with classmates and/or friends (groups of 4-7). This can be any day with the assignment due by email midnight, April 19 and on paper in class April 20. This is a gathering for writing linked verse—if it's nice out you could gather in the park or at Rock Springs or at someone's place. Allow the spirit of the place where you gather to be a springboard for the haiku, but don't limit yourself to that place once you get into the linking. Let your links go out through time and seasons moving from person (ninjo) focused to non-person (ninjo-nashi) focus to avoid too much continuity of persons or scenes. Try to avoid more than three ninjo or ninjo-nashi links in a row. Remember, every two links make a new poem. Using the following guide, write a kasen-no-renga. You may invite students and friends beyond your team to participate in your kasen-no-renga, but this requires that you meet face to face to do it. (1) ninjô verses—people or emotion or human environment verses (self, other or both) Write a 36 link kasen-no-renga: (1) hokku—sets tone, greets all, establishes season, quiets guests to join in email me your kasen-no-renga due Thursday, Midnight April 19. and bring one copy to class (properly folded and belted) for sharing in class on Friday, April 20 for 4/23 reading: Matsuo Bashô by Ueda, chapter 5 on the critical commentaries, pages 147-169. reading response: using Bashô's technique of matching pairs of haiku, find two haiku you want to place side by side for discussion and comparison. You may find any match you want, but since this is a time when you are working on your contemporary haiku author study, it would be a great time to work on your required comparison haiku for your paper. Write a paragraph discussing them both and why you like one better. due Sunday, Midnight April 22 haiku project proposal: The purpose of the haiku project is to apply haikai arts to something that means a lot to you—usually something related to your major field of study or a personal interest. Bring your passion to this project and connect it to haiku (photography & haiku) (music & haiku) (history and haiku) (psychology & senryu) (a kasen renku) (baseball haiku) (a collage of haiku) (haiku web site) (anthology of love haiku) . . . have fun with this. make it your dream assignment. email me a paragraph explaining your project plan by midnight Sunday April 22 Alya Saqer - travel booklet of photos and haiku from each culture for 4/25 Contemporary author study due by email to Dr. Brooks by midnight, April 25. We will be sharing author overviews with class on April 25. Be ready to talk about your author and select just 2 haiku examples to share, related to the point or key question of your paper. for 4/27 reading: Bashô (Chapter 4 Prose) , pages 112-146 and email a ¶ about the three different types of haibun Bashô wrote. writing: write 2 haibun (one to capture the sense of being somewhere special) and (one that let's us see and understand the personality and atmosphere surrounding someone's life). email your haibun to me by midnight, April 26 for 4/30 Friday, April 27, will be a Day of Silence Ginko (meditation, ginko and haiku). You will receive instructions in writing at the beginning of class. We will do zazen meditation for 10-15 minutes (outside if it is nice out so wear sitting in the grass outside clothes) or inside on the floor if it is nasty outside. Please enter the class silently, find a comfortable place on the floor, follow the handout DAY OF SILENCE guidelines and meditate. The only break in meditation would be to write a haiku in your notebook, then resume meditating. Then as a group go on a campus ginko (keep the silence) stopping and communicating only by writing haiku, senryu, a haiku sequence or rengay as a group. Send me an email response to zazen meditation and your group's ginko haiku that arose from it by midnight, April 29. for 5/2 writing response: write about a favorite haibun from Haibun Kukai. email your 1 response paragraph to me by midnight Thursday, May 1 extra credit reading response: find a favorite haiku by Randy Brooks, and write a reader response paragraph to it. email your response paragraph by midnight, May 1 extra credit reading response: Masaoka Shiki by Janine Beichman, preface and chapter 2, pages 30-73. find 2 favorite haiku by Shiki and write 2 response paragraphs. for extra credit, email your response paragraphs by midnight, May 1 for 5/4 Email a description, photos, and the contents of your Haiku Project to Dr. Brooks by midnight, May 4. We will be sharing haiku projects with class on May 4. for 5/7 writing: Send me 5-10 of your best haiku (new ones, edited ones, or any that have not yet been born in kukai) for our final kukai. All submissions for the final kukai are due by midnight, May 6. for 5/12 final exam & reading (8-10am in Pilling Chapel) BRING haiku project presentations, signature haiku gift exchange (25 copies), SASE haiku magazine submission, your haiku collection.) Signature haiku gift exchange.
Haiku Collection.
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