The Owl’s Wing
a handful of moonlight
the owl’s wing
Haiku 101: The Anatomy of Haiku
“The Technique of Association”
This poem represents the method Haiku poets use called association. This method compares two different kinds of things. Here it compares the moon with the owl’s wing. The moon you see. The owl’s wing you can almost hear and feel. The two together? Amazing combination. It shows you don’t need many words at all to move the heart. The Zen of this technique is called “oneness”. “The poem is showing how everything is a part of everything else. ” This statement is by Jane Reichhold in her book Writing and Enjoying Haiku.
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