Invisible Castle: The Collected Haiku of John Sandbach

By John Sandbach

These haiku do not adhere to the rules of classical haiku. They are not all seventeen syllables long, and they don't all use a word to denote the season. They are in the style of many modern Japanese freeform haiku.So what rules do I follow when I write haiku? There are four: A haiku must be little on the outside (meaning short), A haiku must be big on the inside (meaning roomy), A haiku must be full of something (energy, matter, space or time will do, and), A haiku must be full of nothing (it can contain energy, matter, or time, but it always has to contain space, and preferably lots of it).In this way, haiku reflect our own being, for as science tells us, what we are is mostly empty space.You will find much empty space in this book. Feel free to use it to pencil in critical comments of the poems, draw or paint illustrations for them, invent rewritten versions of them, or make lists of things to do.A fellow writer has said the following of this book: "These poems are fascinating. I'm sure I would have loved them had they been written during my lifetime."- Edgar Alle

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1717137156
• ISBN13: 9781717137159
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"