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"Poetry for a winter night." On Watching Snow Falling is a spectacular series of Haiku poetry written in the winters of 2011 - 2014 by Rebecca Anne Banks. The Haiku poetry is profound and uplifting, celebrates the season of winter and nature, juxtaposes contrasting images and captures the imagine of the possibility of peace in a snow filled backyard in a quiet French village in Quebec... the fresh cut of the first read is spellbinding and this New Age play on the ancient Haiku tradition is entwined with the passion of the heart, blue and sky." "Haiku poetry is traditional Japanese poetry made popular in the 17th century by the grandmaster of Haiku poetry, Basho, who was fully celebrated and recognized by the Imperial government and the Buddhist religious 100 years after his death." Before Basho redefined Haiku it was a playful game, in Japanese hai means amusement and ku means verse. There are many rules of traditional Haiku; the Haiku poem is simple, yet profound - a few short sentences in a profoundly expressed truth; there is a Kigo, a word that describes the season; there is a Kiriji, a cutting word (sometimes a punctuation mark) to juxtapose, compare and contrast two events or images; Universal Themes; Haiku Eyes - careful observance of the world in detail that is profound, usually the celebration of nature as a major theme; Mask of Objectivity - indirect descriptive imagery of emotion; can be read in a breath - it is a brief moment; use of colourful contrasting images; a profound illumination or enlightenment; no rules of sentence structure, punctuation or capitalization; celebrates an uplifting moment; traditional Haiku poetry does not rhyme and does not repeat words." - Subterranean Blue Poetry