句く心ごころ

noun

poetic instinct; taste for haiku

Refers to a sensitivity or instinct for composing haiku, or an appreciation for the art. A somewhat literary or specialized term used in discussions of haiku aesthetics.

• 彼かれの句く心ごころは幼おさない頃ころから育はぐくまれた。

  His poetic instinct for haiku was nurtured from a young age.

• 句く心ごころがなければ、良よい俳はい句くは作つくれない。

  Without a taste for haiku, one cannot compose good haiku.