Haiku × Fiction — April 2023

Oh, haiku. That most oversimplified form of short poetry. What's often reduced to a simple counting of syllables stems from a flexible exploration of senses and sensation, unencumbered by metaphor and too many words. But what can this loose form teach us about writing fiction? What lessons can we take from this structure and apply to our works? And, on that note, what lessons can we take from fiction and apply to haiku?

On April 1, 2023, six writers set out to investigate this. After constructing haiku from two concrete and contrasting images, they used that as inspiration for building prose. The prose similarly leaned on those images in order to set a mood, evoke emotions, and draw the reader in.

Short writings from Kyzak, Ampy, Giles, Michael, and Corvus.