Archive for December 2024
Light Verse
Japanese Haiku, is a form of poetry with rules, not dissimilar to English short poetry (light verse) without rules. Haiku can be traced back to influences of traditional Chinese poetry and originated in Japan in the 13th century. In the beginning hokku was the opening line of a longer poem called renga, a collaboration taking…
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There are many arts and crafts ideas out there, to start as a business, a hobby or just to experiment with. Favourite crafts are jewellery making, card making, pottery, knitting, ceramic painting for example. My personal favourite is working with dry clay. I find working and moulding clay very therapeutic, and it gets my creative…
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