haiku

Read by Terry Casburn 

Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

Hosted by filmmaker Yujiro Seki, Carving the Divine TV is a series of Q&A sessions with Buddhist scholars and practitioners. These Q&A sessions explore the basic concepts of Buddhism, the history of Buddhism and of course Buddhist sculptures/sculptors (bustuzo/busshi) so that when viewers finally watch the documentary Carving the Divine - Buddhist sculptors of Japan, they will get the maximum value of the documentary.

Once again, Buddhism permeates many aspects of Japanese culture both consciously and subconsciously.  Japanese art especially is heavily influenced by Buddhism so it is important to learn something about Buddhism if one seeks to understand Japan on a deeper level (whether you are Buddhist or not).  Today we will explore haiku in relationship with Buddhism.  The poetic language is not my cup of tea so I invited a specialist who can talk about Haiku until the world ends.  He is extremely passionate!  I would like to introduce to you Haiku Master William Seiyo Sheehan!  If you would like to learn something about Haiku, Haiku in relationship with Buddhism, or simply get a hint to inspire your creativity, this episode is especially designed for you!  
 
We will be asking important questions such as:
 
What is haiku? What is the difference between English and Japanese haiku? 
 
What is the brief history of haiku? 
 
How does haiku relate to Buddhism? 
 
What does it mean by opening a haiku eye? 
 
Do you have your personal favorite poet or poets? 
 
Can you show some examples of haiku in the field? 
 
William Seiyo Sheehan is the resident Haiku poet at the Japanese Culture Center and a published poet.  He is also the leader of the Chicago Keikokai of Meifu Shinkage Ryu style of ShurikenJutsu at Japanese Culture Center - 日本文化会館, and lay Buddhist chaplain at the Jesse Brown VA Hospital, dojo Cho 道場長 of Shinbukan and Army combat veteran. 
 
Seiyo Sensei is a religious scholar from Purdue Fort Wayne University, Buddhist Lay Chaplain at the Jesse Brown Veterans Administration Hospital, Board member of Midwest Buddhist association, Lay Priest ordained by Bright Dawn, a Jodo Shinshu organization. Sensei is also involved with Midwest Buddhist Temple of Chicago.

Patrick and Greg celebrate international haiku day with listener-submitted HaiQs, and somehow tie that to a discussion of team science, all while interviewing intern applicant Ethan McCormick. Along the way they also discuss Googling as research, cheddar fries, Big Lima Bean, Mc vs. Mac, moody loners in Montana cabins, English particle accelerators, the Boulder Model, a research prenup, the green room, getting voluntold, the cheese stands alone, quant poetry slam, Guns n Roses, and playing the orchestra. 

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This episode starts out with Amy and Janine talking about Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) and the poetic reforms that took place from 1868 during Japan's transition from the Edo to the Meiji period. It was a time when Shiki (and his friend Natsume Sōseki), was influenced by Western literary styles and culture. These effects are reflected in Shiki's haiku, tanka and prose. Beichman's literary biography Masaoka Shiki: His Life and Works (Cheng & Tsui Co, 2002) delves into Shiki's influence on poetry, his invention of the tanka series and the publication of his poetic diaries. Janine also discusses the differences between haiku and tanka (waka) and their variations.

Janine then details her path to discovering feminist poet Yosano Akiko (1879-1942) and tells how she came to the decision to focus on this particular poet to write a literary biography. Embracing the Firebird: Yosano Akiko and the Birth of the Female Voice in Modern Japanese Poetry (Univ of Hawaii Press, 2002) is the result. Janine talks about Akiko and her relationship with nature in poetry and feminism. Beichman reads a poem from Yosano's collection "Tangled Hair" included in her book.

See University of Hawaii Press for indexes for Embracing the Firebird:

Introduction by the Author

First Lines of Poems

Next, Janine charts her relationship with poet Makoto Ooka, and how she started writing for his magazine which later led to him asking her to translate a book of his poems. The book was originally published by Catydid Press and later Kurodohan released a second English edition called Beneath the Sleepless Tossing of the Planets. Read a review by Christopher Blasdel of Sleepless Tossing of the Planets here.

Janine also discusses Makoto Ōoka, how she became involved translating his poetry and how she chose which to poems to include in the anthology Ori Ori no Uta.

Lastly, Janine reveals who her favorite Japanese poets and poetry books are.

Unfortunately, Janine's book wasn't near release at the time of the podcast recording, but her latest endeavor is the translation of Well-Versed: Exploring Modern Japanese Haiku (Japan Library/JPIC, March 25, 2021). Read an excerpt.

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Get your rhyming gear round this! Matty helps you to help yourself through the medium of verse.

Examples of three specific poetic forms, with poems by Philip Allen (2021 Open Issue), Sarah Yerkes (Days of Blue and Flame) and Clarinda Harriss (2018 Open Issue).

Riding high from the recent Spark File New Year 2021 Creativity KickOff, Susan and Laura discuss the highlights, and share two sparks inspired by the event - the enduring artform of Haiku, and the power we yield when we make things together, such as the work done at quilting bees, crafting bees, raising bees -- also known as collective creativity.

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In this episode, we have Shailesh Rao, who also goes by “Stylist Brows”, a seasoned sales leader who is building the Cortex business for Palo Alto Networks around arguably the toughest category in the security industry, endpoint security and security orchestration and automation. He is currently the SVP and GM of the Cortex business at Palo Alto Networks. 

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Any discussion of the Meiji Restoration in Japan would be incomplete without a discussion of the Era that preceded it.

The Edo Era (or Tokugawa Shogunate) began after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600.  The first half of the Shogunate was a prosperous and peaceful time in Japan.  It was ruled by a Shogun (the Emperor was only a nominal political leader) and locally by Samurais.  It followed a complex feudal system and strict social class hierarchy.  As Japan prospered cracks began to appear in the class hierarchy and the feudal system.

Japan was largely isolated from the rest of the world until the early to mid-19th century.  From this Era we are all familiar with iconic Japanese institutions such as Geisha, Kabuki, Haiku, and to some extent Sumo.  

Joe Proctor is a faithful writer of daily journals, haiku (a traditional form of Japanese poetry), a former DJ and a grower of vegetables. He emphatically believes that writing is one of his best daily practices and he's accumulating quite a collection of words. Joe says, "Writing, perhaps, is the highest form of expression. The spoken word is important, but it comes and goes, and if it's not written down, no one remembers it later on. But writing can be permanent." 

Patricia Carragon reads three haiku from MEOWKU (Poets Wear Prada, 2019)

On National Haiku Day, Donna Peters shares the power of using the haiku poetry format to improve our communications.  We need powerful, clear, succinct communications now more than ever.  (And in the spirit of the haiku, this is a pithy listen.)

A haiku poem has three lines.  The number of syllables in each line is 5, 7, 5 syllables for lines 1, 2, 3 respectively.  Have fun distilling your key message to its essence by using the haiku format as your forcing mechanism.  You don't have to militantly follow 5-7-5 syllables for your final output, of course, but the haiku discipline upfront is a very valuable exercise. 

The haiku exercise helps you:

• be clear on your intention (why are you needing to communicate) 
• de-clutter your thoughts (think about the audience and their perspective as your recipient)
• nail down the key point (what is it you're really trying to say)
• use only the words that matter (it's harder to write a haiku than a rambling paragraph)

Adding the haiku as a tool puts you on your way to a more impactful, clear communication--verbally or in writing.  In person, on video, on the phone.

And in The Me-Suite, we call the haiku "the Myku."  When you're prepping for an important interaction or message--and you want to make an impact--stop and work on your Myku.  And let us know what you think.

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John Jack  Jackie (Edward) Cooper reads three aphorithms (aphorism, meet logarithm) from his chapbook TEN (Poets Wear Prada, 2012): "Guano," "Noli Me Tangere," and "Noilly Me Tanqueray,"  For more follow his blog The Are Aphorithms at  https://aphorithms.blogspot.com/.

Patricia Carragon reads "Sleeping Kitties" and "Kerouac Kitty" from her chapbook MEOWKU (Poets Wear Prada, 2019).

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