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how many memories
flood my mind ---
cherry-blossoms
- G ♡︎

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I think autumn opened Basho up the most to his emotions and he used the haikus as a release from the changes he felt.

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how many memories
flood my mind
cherry-blossoms

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The tone used during Spring was the most lively filled with blossoms and many themes of life while Winter held negative tones heavily based in loneliness and age. -AC

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I think it is still very effective. It can show exactly how the author feels in a short, digestible way. It can give room for some more metaphors, and really opens up how creative the author must be.

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from winter to summer the tone seems to brighten

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among the blossoms
in this floating world -
my sake clouded and rice unmilled
-1683

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just a weather-beaten skeleton
with my heart exposed
the wind pierces my body

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I feel like he means that he isnt as cut and perfect as he may look on the outside. The two halves makes it seem like he is equally balanced and in reality no one is

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I think it could be both. It leaves room for interpretation for the reader so that could be seen as less effective since the author is not giving too much away. But also, the author has to be careful with what words they want to use in the haiku to let the reader know how they are feeling in that moment so they're also being effective by being careful with what words they're using. -KD

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I think this one is encouraging people to be themselves, even if there are many similarities between you and the people around you, he's urging you to preserve your individuality
M.G.

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Autumn as a theme for death and decaying

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Autumn as a theme for death and decaying

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Autumn is a very special season in that it encompasses a time in nature when many things begin to fade and decay from the lush-ness and activeness of summer. Autumn is also a melancholic period for humans. The colder weather and shortening days are unlike the harsh simple landscape of winter and unlike the lushness and life of spring and summer. Autumn appeals to the human emotion and spirit in that autumn is a reminder that nothing is permanent so humans must also detach. Dylan Chae

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Spring seemed to have the most positive tone while autumn had the most negative tone. Basho often focused more on the liveliness of spring with the animals and plants growing back but mentions the cold winds and dark colors during the autumn and even has one haiku where he mentions birds and fish crying from the passing of spring.

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If you have felt similar emotions or expressed Similar ideas to the haiku then you could of course relate to it. For example if it’s about falling in love and you’ve fallen in love you would relate to it. -Eli

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I think it would be more effective because you have to be very careful in choosing your words and deciding on what exactly you want to say. I also think this allows for self-interpretation for the reader as they can connect to the emotion in the way they want whereas something longer may be connected to more personal stories and therefore harder to understand.

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I think it might be less effective but also better at leaving room for interpretation which could be argued as better. The reader can decide for themselves which emotion is being portrayed

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I think it portrays how the author feels no matter how large or small of an emotion/message it is in a simplistic way to make the reader understand how the author feels but also how the reader can relate to that feeling and make it their own

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not dead yet
after so much travel
autumn darkens

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A short description allows for a broad conclusion. Since emotions belong to a spectrum, the short form of a haiku can cover such a range.

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I think it can be both. For the writer who takes their time, the short form will be more impactful, because to get to the core of the emotion being conveyed, they need to make every syllable count, which is an attention to detail not often found in longer forms of writing.
- Sydney

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The most positive and optimistic time of year seemed to be spring for Basho. It was a time of rebirth and growth, quite unlike the gloomy emptiness of winter, which is why he wrote so positively about it. On the other side, the most negative and pessimistic time of year seemed to be autumn, and not winter, surprisingly. While winter was cold and unforgiving, it did not seem to depress Basho quite as much as the dying and decay of autumn did. “Autumnal thoughts” is a phrase implied in several of his poems, and they seem to convey his awareness of the fleetingness of time.
-Maria Olekh

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in my hut
all I can offer is that
the mosquitos are small.

I liked this one because it is playful and earnest. Its an appreciation for what the author has, even though it may not be much.
M.G.