Haiku

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What is haiku

Haiku (俳句) (plural haiku) is a very short form of Japanese poetry in three phrases, typically characterized by three qualities:

  1. The essence of haiku is "cutting" (kiru).This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a kireji ("cutting word") between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.
  2. Traditional haiku often consist of 17 on (also known as morae though often loosely translated as "syllables"), in three phrases of 5, 7, and 5 on, respectively.
  3. A kigo (seasonal reference), usually drawn from a saijiki, an extensive but defined list of such terms.


Modern Japanese haiku (現代俳句 gendai-haiku) are said by some[4] to increasingly vary from the tradition of 17 on or taking nature as their subject. Despite the western influence, the use of juxtaposition continues to be honored in both traditional and modern haiku. There is a common, although relatively recent, perception that the images juxtaposed must be directly observed everyday objects or occurrences.

In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line while haiku in English often appear in three lines parallel to the three phrases of Japanese haiku.

Examples

The best-known Japanese haiku is Bashō's "old pond":

古池や蛙飛び込む水の音
ふるいけやかわずとびこむみずのおと (transliterated into 17 hiragana)
furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto (transliterated into rōmaji)


This separates into on as:
fu-ru-i-ke ya (5)
ka-wa-zu to-bi-ko-mu (7)
mi-zu-no-o-to (5)

Translated:

 old pond
 frog leaps in
 water's sound

Mochimo haiku

In Mochimo, miners generate Haiku instead of hashes. That is why the miner's contribution to the network is measured in HPS or haiku-per-second.

Dictionary

When generating haiku, its words are chosen from a set dictionary. These words are divided into several categories:

Adverbs and function words

like, a, the, of, no, after, before

Prepositions

at, in, on, under, above, below

Verbs

arriving, departing, going, coming, creeping, dancing, riding, strutting, leaping, leaving, entering, drifting, returning, rising, falling, rushing, soaring, traveling, turning, singing, walking, crying, weeping, lingering, pausing, shining, fall, flow, wander, disappear, wait, bloom, doze, dream, laugh, meditate, listen, sing, decay, cling, grow, forget, remain

Adjectives

arid, abandoned, aged, ancient, full, glorious, good, beautiful, first, last, forsaken, sad, mandarin, naked, nameless, old, quiet, peaceful, still, tranquil, bare, evening, morning, afternoon, spring, summer, autumn, winter, broken, thick, thin, little, big, parched, withered, worn, soft, bitter, bright, brilliant, cold, cool, crimson, dark,, frozen, grey, hard, hot, scarlet, shallow, sharp, warm, close, calm, cruel, drowned, dull, dead, sick, deep, fast, fleeting, fragrant, fresh, loud, moonlit, sacred, slow

Nouns

traveller,poet, beggar, monk, warrior, wife, courtesan, dancer, daemon, frog, hawks, larks, cranes, crows, duck, birds, skylark, sparrows, minnows, snakes, dog, monkeys, cats, cuckoos, mice, dragonfly, butterfly, firefly, grasshopper, mosquitos, trees, roses, cherries, flowers, lotuses, plums, poppies, violets, oaks, pines, chestnuts, clovers, leaves, petals, thorns, blossoms, vines, willows, mountain, moor, sea, shadow, skies, moon, star, stone, cloud, bridge, gate, temple, hovel, forest, grave, stream, pond, island, bell, boat, sailboat, bon fire, straw mat, cup, nest, sun, village, tomb, raindrop, wave, wind, tide, fan, hat, sandal, shroud, pole, water, air, mud, rain, thunder, ice, snow, salt, hail, mist, dew, foam, frost, smoke, twilight, earth, grass, bamboo, gold, grain, rice, tea, light, darkness, firelight, sunlight, sunshine, journey, serenity, dusk, glow, scent, sound, silence, voice, day, night, sunrise, sunset, midnight, equinox, noon,

Examples

Some examples of the best of Mochimo haiku according to community members:

 above day
 a journey
 walking
 #1
 sunset sunlight
 sacred salt
 shining
 #82480
 under hail
 big birds
 fall
 #79050
 below evening
 glorious ducks
 grow
 #75857