PoeticalIkebana

ThecombinationofIkebanaandhaikuisamorethansuccessfulone.ThesimilaritiesbetweentheartsgofarbeyondtheirJapaneseorigins.Theseductivesimplicityofhaiku，itssubtletiesandsparseuseofwords，itssilencesanddepthofmeaning，itsrhythmsandseasons...theseareonlysomeofthecharacteristicsthathaikushareswithIkebana.BothIkebanaandhaikuhavethepowertomovepeople.Theyevokeemotionsusingmaterialthathascarefullybeentrimmedofthesuperfluous.Theirminimalismisconvincingandrevealstheessence.Theymanagetoholdourgazeandtemporarilyslowdownourdailyrhythm.BothIkebanaandhaikuinviteustoseemorethanwhatthevisibleworldhastooffer.MembersofthecentreforpoetryinGhent，ledbyHedwigAerts，madeaselectionoftheirfavouritetraditionalhaikubymasterpoetssuchasBasho，IssaandShiki.Ontheoccasionofthisbook，theyalsocreatedsomenewpersonalhaiku.PoeticalIkebanaisthefloraltranslationofthesehaiku，acollectionofevocativefloraldesignthatstirsthesensesandtouchestheheart.