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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

Feb-20-2006 11:37

I think I'm going mad
Detectives shouldn't do haiku
They should solve crimes

But when we are bored
And there are no cases left
It's something to do

I used to do this at school! bit rusty though and I probably pronounce things differently syllable-wise!

Feb-20-2006 11:44

I think perhaps you do... at first I thought you were being ironic with your first Haiku as I read it as having 6-8-4 syllables. But if you pronounce the words differently to me... meh...

Feb-21-2006 13:42

OK i just reread it and the first ones 5-7-4! oops!

Feb-21-2006 16:16

I read it as
I think I'm go-ing mad
De-tec-tives shoul-dn't do hai-ku
They should solve crimes

But hey, I only just scraped through my GCSE English. I even I don't trust my own opinion.

Feb-21-2006 16:43

Can't help myself...

So, what is Haiku?
A way to waste time counting
syllables, I think!

Feb-22-2006 04:03

If you read "going" as " goin" in one syllable and take out "do" in the second line... and add in "some" into the last line... I think it could be called a haiku, Marms.

Feb-22-2006 06:45

*nods* I'd agree with that.

However, Secret Squirrel's Haiku seems quite apt at the moment. Better than counting beans though. Bleh... accountancy.

Feb-22-2006 22:30

Pad and Pen in hand
Secret holstered under arm
Just can't seem to stop

:)

Feb-23-2006 22:38

David out all night,
one case after another.
Where is he at now?

Feb-25-2006 01:53

Breakfast, paper-weight,
bloodhound hatchling: Sleuther's dreams
for Rasputin's Egg.