notes: haiku

Just some random haiku(s) - 2004-01-19 19:31:06

My haikus doth weep: 
Their English words hold less worth
Than Japanese ones

Haiku's meter rocks!
I can write quite naturally; 
It's really easy

But good haiku's hard. 
(Note the contraction above: 
It was quite contrived)

Good haiku starts swift
Then delivers poetry
And leaves with a bang!

Check out that adverb: 
It was missing its suffix. 
Mute morphology?

I tire of this. 
Yes, tire's two syllables, 
You big we-ird-o.

I start to wonder
Punctuation in haiku?
It should be eschewed

Illuminating
The stars come out at bed time
When we see them least

There are no owls
Or they hide in the forest
Outside of the house

Yes, folks, it's humour!
Condensed into haiku form
Laugh aloud with glee

In "The King's English"
Fowler says use Saxon words
Good advice herein?

Prepositions go
Vanishing in the ether
Haikus don't need them

Self-referential
My haikus describe themselves
Two lines and I'm done!

Using "pre" is bad || Instead, let's try caesura || Actually, that sucks

Such is publishing
The medium's a constraint
It irks authors so

When coding python
I like to make shortened code
Is this like haiku?

Trapezoidic whirls!
Sparking coruscations dance!
Hard to stay awake

Reader's exercise: 
Translate Homer to haiku
You have ten minutes