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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

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.)

Aug-1-2012 23:53

There are too many
things I want to say about
Eden's notes above

Jun-15-2013 20:24

'Course I can haiku!
'Tis not really hard to do.
Like a frog leaping!

Aug-4-2013 15:21

I can do that too,
And I remember the rules.
Under summer's sun.

Oct-19-2013 14:06

It's hard to believe
That no one wrote a haiku
Since this past summer

Oct-19-2013 19:05

Cinnamon Bobby,
You cheated and used
'to write' at wrong tense.

Oct-31-2013 18:48

I have written much,
Enough to know how to use
Articles like "The."

May-20-2014 03:02

Playing Sleuth they say,
Is an addcition of sorts
I don't think I mind

Jul-28-2016 15:48

bump, bump, bump, bump, bump
bump, bump, bump, bump, bump, bump. bump
bump, bump, bump, bump, bump

I put a lot of thought into that one for the Summer Gamers :)