Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
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Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
Yeah, this is Fogbow,
Pandering to your wishes.
Put 'em haikus here.
Pandering to your wishes.
Put 'em haikus here.
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Re: Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
3 lines
5-7-5 syllables
= haiku
Not rando selection of poetry from the North East of England by a set of folks in a region whose view of the Scots has been.......aggressively contentious....at best
5-7-5 syllables
= haiku
Not rando selection of poetry from the North East of England by a set of folks in a region whose view of the Scots has been.......aggressively contentious....at best
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Re: Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
Meant as a joke but obviously not funny.
If you can't lie to yourself, who can you lie to?
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Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls Would scarcely get your feet wet
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Re: Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
Three sparse and clear lines
Seventeen terse syllables
Bare bones of haiku
Seventeen terse syllables
Bare bones of haiku
The bitterest truth is more wholesome than the sweetest lie.
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Re: Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
So all the haikus
Were deleted from the post
What is up with that?
Were deleted from the post
What is up with that?
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Re: Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
A perfect haikuroadscholar wrote: ↑Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:39 pm Three sparse and clear lines
Seventeen terse syllables
Bare bones of haiku
For we haiku strugglers
A haiku thank you
"Mickey Mouse and I grew up together." - Ruthie Tompson, Disney animation checker and scene planner and one of the first women to become a member of the International Photographers Union in 1952.
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Re: Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
I'm running on fumes
Got home just before midnight
Slept three whole hours
Got home just before midnight
Slept three whole hours
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Re: Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
Last week I went to my first live music gig since March 2019.
It was a show celebrating the Warren Zevon songbook. I wouldn't call it a tribute band, but its kind of along those lines, maybe more like "Ella Fitzgerald sings the Joe Bloogs songbook". Zevon is right up there with John Prine as the top of the late 20th century American song writers.
Anyway, youse guize were all waxing poetic about haiku's and it occurred to me that Zevon's song "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is practically all Haiku after another. So I looked up the lyrics, and with remarkably little fiddling around got it into 5-7-5 sequence.
These may not be perfect Haiku, because English struggles with kireji. However, I think the spirit of the kireji is honorably served by the shift from the first two lines to the repeated last line. I'm also not certain that "When I'm Dead" legitimately references a season, but I can't contact Warren to get him to patch that up.
So my adjusted verson:
The original lyrics - not much different:
The performance:
It was a show celebrating the Warren Zevon songbook. I wouldn't call it a tribute band, but its kind of along those lines, maybe more like "Ella Fitzgerald sings the Joe Bloogs songbook". Zevon is right up there with John Prine as the top of the late 20th century American song writers.
Anyway, youse guize were all waxing poetic about haiku's and it occurred to me that Zevon's song "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is practically all Haiku after another. So I looked up the lyrics, and with remarkably little fiddling around got it into 5-7-5 sequence.
These may not be perfect Haiku, because English struggles with kireji. However, I think the spirit of the kireji is honorably served by the shift from the first two lines to the repeated last line. I'm also not certain that "When I'm Dead" legitimately references a season, but I can't contact Warren to get him to patch that up.
So my adjusted verson:
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https://nationaldaycalendar.com/nationa ... -april-17/
NATIONAL HAIKU POETRY DAY
Observed annually on April 17, National Haiku Poetry Day encourages all to try their hand in creativity. Haiku poetry is a form of Japanese poetry that is non-rhyming and usually consists of 3 lines with a syllable pattern of 5-7-5. Usually, an element of nature, a season, a moment of beauty, or an individual experience inspires haiku poems. Sensory language is used to capture a feeling, image, or moment.
As one of the world’s oldest and regularly used poetry, some recognizable poets wrote many haiku. While the most well-known is Matsuo Basho, others we may recognize are William Blake, T.S. Eliot, or Maya Angelou. And as small as the poem may be, it can be quite challenging to write. Try capturing an entire moment or emotion in 17 syllables and getting it right.
However, English haiku does not always follow the strict syllable count found in Japanese haiku. The typical length of haiku in English language journals is 10-14 syllables versus the 5-7-5 syllables used in the Japanese language.
Haiku FAQ
Q. Does haiku have to rhyme?
A. No. While haiku poems usually don’t rhyme, they do incorporate elements of poetry such as rhythm, emotion, and occasionally rhyme.
Q. Is a haiku always about nature?
A. No, but usually there is some element of nature included in the poem. Haiku is usually inspired by nature. However, some poets draw from the haiku style for more industrial types of poems.
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Re: Humorous (?) (or otherwise) Haikus
Yeah, this is not a haiku, it's just poetry by Ogden Nash.
The Lion
Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan!
He was eaten by a lion;
Following which, the lion's lioness
Up and swallowed Bryan's Bryaness.
That's the whole poem. Ol' Wifehorn is, henceforth, the Bryaness.
The Lion
Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan!
He was eaten by a lion;
Following which, the lion's lioness
Up and swallowed Bryan's Bryaness.
That's the whole poem. Ol' Wifehorn is, henceforth, the Bryaness.