Negative Verbs

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Negative Verb Forms

Negative verbs are seldom used in traditional Japanese haiku, since the purpose of the haiku is usually to turn the reader to a positive side of life.
So even if a positive meaning does not exactly correspond to your
"experience", for the sake of the haiku form, it is better to change a verb into the positive form.

Here is an example

wetland shells -
they do know nothing
of the moon


better turned positive to

wetland shells -
they really know all
about the moon


Paraphrasing a lesson from Masaki Sensei 正木 ゆう子
Yuko Masaki

of NHK Haiku, March 2009.

.... NHK HAIKU ... NHK 俳句


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Things found on the way

むづがゆき翼のつけ根涅槃西風
muzugayuki tsubasa no tsukene nehan-nishi

the roots of my wings
begin to itch -
Nirvana West Wind

Yuko Masaki

Nehan Nishi 涅槃西風
west wind during the Nehan-Festival on March 15


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Related words

. Verbs used in Kigo .


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