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Konkani Poems In Haiku Style<br />
(A Smallest Poetic Form)<br />
ARUNA RAO, MUMBAI<br />
“Haiku’’ is a unique form <strong>of</strong> poetry in the world evolved in Japan, the land <strong>of</strong> the rising sun. It has a very<br />
brief verse with only three lines containing 17 syllables (5,7,5 vowel sounds) It does not make a complete<br />
poem. A few well chosen words are assembled where the reader himself is able to fi ll it with his own<br />
imagination. It reminds one <strong>of</strong> the ‘‘Bonsai’’ fl ower arrangement. The poems are subtle, mild, and tender<br />
with no clear statements. They convey the message that all things in the world are short lived. Japanese<br />
have called it as the fl oating world.<br />
Here I have penned some Haiku poems in our mother tongue about the nature around.<br />
“Haiku’’ Poems (8 different poems)<br />
In loving memory <strong>of</strong> Smt. Usha Savkoor who passed away at Bangalore on 16th June <strong>2010</strong><br />
KANARA SARASWAT Vol. 91, No.8, <strong>August</strong> <strong>2010</strong> 45
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