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Poetry Pea thanks Stanford M Forrester of bottle rockets press for this workshop on Jack Kerouac, his haikus and the techniques we can use to write haiku like a beat poet.
Stanford’s contacts:
Do check out Stanford’s website bottle rockets press.
Twitter @haikuwithabang
Pdf of Stanford’s presentation
If you’d like to watch Stanford’s presentation on YouTube click here
Resources:
Wendy Cope, Anecdotal Evidence
Ann Charters, Kerouac a biography
Jack Kerouac, Book of Haikus edited by Regina Weinreich
Gary Snyder, The Back Country
Gilbert and Sullivan, The Major General
Jack Kerouac, the Blues and haikus
What we will be looking for in your submission:
What I’m looking for is someone who has definitely looked at Kerouac’s work. Tried to follow
- his spontaneity
- his themes
- his punctuation / style
Has read their poems aloud to make sure they have a sound and rhythm
Jack wrote about themes:
- his travels
- religion
- compassion
- mercy
- love
- the state of nothingness “mu”
- nature in combination with humanity
- philosophical thoughts on the human condition
- impermanence
Other pointers:
- no 5-7-5 haiku
- simple language
- listen to the sound of each word, each syllable
- think about your reader
- how will they interpret the words
- how will they interpret the sound
- how will they react eg. sway/tap their feet
