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Feb-18-2006 02:41

Can you Haiku?
Etymology: Japanese
: an unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing usually 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively

Maddie got a gun
"bang bang" shot him in the head
woke up, just a dream

Nov-12-2009 18:45

Unboleivable!
To treat me like I'm a sap.
You're just barking mad.

ok that's it I'm out.

Nov-13-2009 12:00

Ahahahaha
Hoohooheehawhehehe
Thats all I can say.


:I

Nov-13-2009 19:27

Sushi for luncheon
Then pizza at supper time;
Gotta love Fridays!

Aug-1-2012 10:53

Bar chat down again
I'm feeling disconnected
Upshot: solved a case.

Aug-1-2012 11:33

I'm no good at haik...
I count the words on my fing...
$#*+!! Keep running out!

Aug-1-2012 12:59

Shady not so slim at all
Buy the rich bum a beer
Burp together in dissonance

Aug-1-2012 13:07

A guide to haiku:
5 syllables, then seven
And five more again.

Aug-1-2012 13:16

"usually" yes
5 syllables, then seven
usually tho

Aug-1-2012 13:28

that fennec fox is cute
it's hiding in the shadows
like sun in the winter

Aug-1-2012 16:11

*Thankfully the thread made me learn more about haikus: here are few that are in 5-7-5, with the "kigo" and "kireji" rules applied*

Rain is pouring down.
Frank’s* tapping the night away
In sync and complete
-
The Tea Steepers Monks;
Doing the revolution
with polka dot pumps**
-
Spill it out*** you monks!
You have a fetish for feet
Blue veins and sunshine
-
The Prince passes gas
when he eats lots of ice cream:
I see dead people
-
The Prince loves big birds
Peacocks to be specific
If Freud only knew.

* Written: 2 syllables, phonetically 1 syllable (one of the problems in English as also mentioned in wiki)
**Unintended rhyme, haikus aren't supposed to rhyme
***Written: 1 syllable, phonetically 2 syllables

(Phew. The kigo rule makes this so hard, but it's so fun, too.)