haiku to start the week

JoshKaptur - 2009-09-15 9:07 AM

See here for some "rules" for haiku:

1.  no capitalization at start of lines and rarely use punctuation - haiku captures a snapshot in time and should not have a start or finish
2. usually a haiku has two parts - a fragment and a complete thought.  These are usually separated by two dashes like this:

happy hour --
a redhead scrawls her name
in the window frost

3. you'll note ahead that haiku generally doesn't have to be 5,7,5 syllables anymore.  I apologize that you were taught this by your elementary or middle school English teacher.  Haiku has not changed... it's just that you can't really equate the English syllable with the Japanese "kana".  It is better to just focus on a short-long-short format.  If it ends up being 5-7-5 fine, but DONT ADD FLUFF for the sake of getting it.
4. haiku also usually has a seasonal word in it (called a "kigo").  "winter" is okay - "frost" is way better.  Remember, show don't tell (in all of poetry for the most part).

See the link for more hints.

I am very sorry I killed the haiku thread with this post.  I did not have enough energy to put those rules into a haiku.

happyshoes - 2009-09-15 12:40 PM itchy red spot --
it appears mosquitoes like
evening bike rides too

Puppetmaster - 2009-09-15 5:19 PM read this thread
can't do haiku
ordered chinesee take out