ABOUT THE CRYSTALLINE This webpage is the primary resource for the crystalline, with links to pages on and off this website that explain or discuss the crystalline and/or include examples of crystallines. Denis Garrison originated the crystalline concept. The "crystalline" two-line haiku is a seventeen syllable couplet that assimilates the Japanese haiku tradition into the English poetic tradition. A primary concern for the crystalline is the euphony of the verse. Prosody for the Crystalline - 2001. Prosody of the Crystalline in English Verse - 2002.	SAMPLE CRYSTALLINES Sample Crystallines by Garrison - rhymed and unrhymed; regular and irregular. Summer 2001. One Summer Day - linked crystalline sequence by Garrison. Sea Story - crystalline sonnet by Garrison. Ku Nouveau #1 - See the crystallines in the first publication to present them, including the winners of the first crystalline writing contest. Summer 2001. (Link opens a new window. Just close the window to return here.)
OFFSITE LINKS Four crystallines by Garrison were published in the August 2001 issue of the premier online haiku publication, World Haiku Review, along with a reprint of his article on prosody and another on The Need for Experimentation. The results of the "WHC Shortverses Crystalline Kukai" were also published in the August 2001 issue of World Haiku Review.	OFFSITE LINKS Editor's Choice - Symbiotic Poetry is a critical article by Debra Woolard Bender, the Editor-in-Chief, in the November 2001 issue of World Haiku Review, which discusses in detail a crystalline sequence written by Maria Steyn and Marjorie Buettner, and which adds to the ongoing development of the crystalline form.
Copyright © 2001-2008 by Denis M. Garrison.