Fun to count the syllables
Fun to think up words
I...love a haiku!
Iambic pentameter
Also improves it
Ok,ok, serious haiku by serious writers:
(first in phonetic Japanese, and then the English translations:
me wa yoko ni
hana wa tate nari
haru no hana
Eyes, back and forth,
nose, up and down -
the flowers of spring!
- Onitsura (1600-1738)
yuyami ni
mi o sagaseruka
eda no tori
Birds on the branches
in the evening darkness -
can they find berries?
- Sasabune (contemporary)
I have no idea what the attraction to haiku is, but I love to read it and write it. I think it must be a smidgeon of poetry, intermingled with some WordPuzzleGameQuizVocabularyFuntime in my wee head.
Feel free to add your own, here or on your own blog. And really? No grades here - just fun and funny Haiku Time. I celebrate it often...
1 comment:
A haiku from nature for you on my blog--
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