Haiku

A new can of Spam
Pink gelatinous meat blob
I ain't eating that

Love it! :)

:: curtsy ::

Choosing employment
"Do art" said no one ever
I should have listened

Keep it simple Stu
Let the great ideas Flo
Quick and content Rich

Discussion forums
are not the place for haiku!
Art and words don't mix.

Of course I'm kidding.
After all, I started this.
I can't turn back now.

A fact in my house
Pet hair found in the kitchen
Is a condiment

Liz Truss for P M?
I don't think so any more
She's gone: close the door!

Why Five, Seven, Five?
I do not understand it.
Call me a numbskull.

Why Five, Seven, Five?
A mystery, it is true...
How it's always been.

Why iambic pentameter?
Why Alexandrine rhyme-schemes?
Why Limericks?

Write an Alexandrine Haiku Limerick anybody?! :)

Bright sunshine abounds
Summer flowers soon grow tall
Bees gather pollen


What's in a picture
Can you see the spirit there
Or linger awhile

Laughter lifted me
from the depths of broken dreams
Friends, dear treasured Friends

Can I forget you,
even now that you are gone?
I still dream of you.

Words appeared, useless
Reading now seemed tiresome
Sleep and dreams beckoned

Because I kissed you
I am forever broken
Never again love

Where is my pencil?
I need to make a drawing
And color it pink.

Wrote a poem today,
the best I've ever written.
Now I can't find it.

Five, seven and five
Is English language haiku
Not so in Japan

I didn't know that, Susan. What is the pattern there?

Two roads to follow:
I chose the one less traveled,
changing everything.

(With apologies to Robert Frost!)

Clever Tom spoke out
Attracting much attention
But sadly all left

Jon, there are actually quite a few rules to writing a real haiku besides the misguided syllable counting (which tends to make them too long by Japanese standards), which is a far cry from what we're doing here, and despite its simplicity (or perhaps because of it) it's actually considered fairly difficult to do well... and with good reason.

These sites will explain it better than I can without writing a missive:

https://www.nahaiwrimo.com/why-no-5-7-5
https://thehaikufoundation.org/some-thoughts-on-line-and-syllable-count-in-english-language-haiku/

And if you want to get really serious about it:
https://www.tofugu.com/japan/haiku/

Thanks! I'll check them out.

I've actually always liked the sparseness and discipline of having to work within the 5/7/5 parameters. But I'll be interested to see what the next levels are.

In the meantime, I'm thoroughly enjoying the thread, both reading others' posts and getting to write my own.

computer light room
publishing my photographs
wishing they would sell

My attempt at something a bit more traditional in the technically required nature theme (and 5-7-5 cuz English, but I did try for more brevity)

At morning's first light
the garden begins to sing
as day comes to life

Images floating
Across imaginary
Landscapes swiftly gone

I hold them briefly
A moment's treasure vanished
I was then too late

under the white snow
blanketed beneath old grass
the tree roots whisper

Early morning birds
Looking for food in the snow
Feathers are fluffed out

every da i wait
for inspiration to strike
today not that day

Can't soar like the hawk
Can't be agile like the squirrel
I watch and enjoy

Mundane elements
Not a destination view
Despite that- Beauty

Cherish the beauty
And in each of its moments
Find Eternity

roaming through ashes
no home, no shelter, no land--
swallowed by darkness

She is by my side
Snoring ever so loudly
Shall I wake her up?

Noise it is so loud
The sleep it is so steadfast
She is a puppy

Bird feeder empty
Chickadee angrily squawked
Feed me, feed me, please

A summer's picnic
by a quiet woodland pond
Revealed the frog

A painted figure
With an enigmatic smile
Reflecting us all

The soft snow flurries
Foretold the impending storm
A blanket of white

be one where there's two
think not of the difference
think of the sameness

The new book opened
A new adventure begins
Faraway places

sunsets paint the sky
in technicolor of mind
looking inside out

Wind blows, fog sets in
The temperatures are dropping
Winter lingers on

daylight increases
summer solstice approaches
long live my shadow

gods in their madness
capture us as prisoners
living damnation

Trees shook in the wind
Branches tumbled to the ground
Hats, gloves required

Spring seemed so distant
As the winter lingered on
The days grew longer

Betwixt the day's end
And the darkness descending
Colors slowly fade

Evening stars appears
Watching the sun slowly set
A pink horizon

A sky strewn with pink
Sunset of startling beauty
Astounding colors

Slowly they awaken
Hiding beneath the cold ground
Tiny buds of spring

can't live with out her
always keeping me grounded
she's my gravity

paper ripped and torn
rearranged in works of art
second life enjoyed

The sunset snuck in
Slowly with soft fluffy clouds
They were unaware

Daylight had moved on
Hiding until tomorrow
Day kissed the nighttime