Do you like Haiku?
It is relaxing to write.
Please write one for me.
Five-seven-five.
It’s almost that simple.
Technically, a haiku should have a suggestion of nature, and perhaps a reference to the season in which it was written, but those constricts have mostly been done away with in English versions.
The old pond is still
a frog leaps right into it
splashing the water
Perhaps I like that one best because in my mind, the 5-7-5 must hold, but it just seems to capture the feeling right. Who knows?
I have recently been reading a new translation of Beowulf, and it is such a beautiful poem. Not at all the way I remember reading it before.
So, back to my little Haiku at the top:
Do you like Haiku?
It is relaxing to write.
Please write one for me.
Please, today, include a haiku in your comments. If possible, make it about this blog in some way. It doesn’t matter how. It could be about a particular post, about me, about a commenter, about our little community here in this corner of the tubes. It can be about one of the pictures to the right. Just 5-7-5, that’s all.
19 comments:
A dad on the coast
Engineering for fuck-wits.
Which way to the beach?
Excellent effort Camera!!!!!
I love it.
Today, more showers.
Tomorrow, rain yet again.
This rain drowns flowers.
There, a rhyming haiku...
Ooh! A challenge! Which I will take up when I have two minutes to bang together.
Three haiku for you, because I couldn't decide on punctuation:
http://bittysbackporch.blogspot.com/2008/04/haiku-challenge.html
Spring Haiku 1:
Spring brings a soft breeze
A backyard of red flowers
Yard work, endless, joy.
Spring Haiku 2:
Spring brings a soft breeze
A backyard of red flowers
Yard work, endless. Joy.
Spring Haiku 3:
Spring brings a soft breeze
A backyard of red flowers
Yard work. Endless joy.
I'll get to the "all about you" haiku. Tomorrow, perhaps. Do you know about FIBs?
http://bittysbackporch.blogspot.com/2006/04/bittys-first-fib-poem-brooke-and-katie.html
Bitty is having a happy spring. Dammit.
We are having flooding from rain today. I won't even look in my basement. I am sure it is awful.
i have no skills dude
but random typing may do
but who really knows
(do I pass? I suck at this)
Great Job Pido!!!!
Bitty - FIB's?
btw -
I like #3
Heather, sorry about the rain. It is gross humid and hot here.
BSR, re: fibs. I linked to an old post of mine in the comments and then in my post is a link to an explanation. But when I have time, today or tomorrow, I'll do a fresh post on fibs and write a few. Or one. They also call for a very strict number of syllables in each line.
Gourmet Goddess: I almost feel guilty, but not quite. I'll suffer later, in the heat of July and August, if that helps.
I found a flat rock
That was perfect for skipping,
But, alas, no creek.
J.Goff -
Very, very nice.
Brave Sir Robin rides away
coconuts ring, all in hand
so to fight again
Damn! Delete the "away" in that. I counted "Robin" as one syllable.
The Season is here
Rejuvenation has come
For Heart and Nature
I'm of Irish stock. Haiku doesn't come naturally to me. How about a limerick?
There once was a woman from Texas
Who thought that the internets were the bestest,
Friends and blogs, trolls and pron,
And pictures of a red-shoed Pope Festus.
do you remember
her easy breezy beauty
i miss her kisses
Excellent everyone!!!
Wasn't that fun? I hope so.
pidomon haiku
leaving me empty inside
must try one myself
The Kona is IN the building!!
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