Haiku

[emmelinemay]

When i was at school
we learnt that a haiku has
certain syllables

the first line has five
the second line has seven
the final line five

the total number
of syllables in haiku
should be seventeen

this competition
has no rules on how many
syllables you need

personally i
think that this is cheating and
makes it too easy

maybe school taught us
wrong and and the rules of haiku
are more flexible

today i want you
to write a haiku and post
it as a comment!

Comments

[pygar.livejournal.com]

Haiku frustrates me
I was always very poor
As demonstrated here.

[yaruar.livejournal.com]

some say
five seven five
not needed

others
say rigitity
restricts form

Zen of Haiku
Typical of Japanese
Baffles westerners

[yaruar.livejournal.com]

Three five three
Five Seven Five
Up to you

Perversely
Less structure
Equates more complexity

Standardisation
Turns people from humans
Into silly bulls obsessed

Refer to season
Add one or two images
Mix up for haiku

[smogo.livejournal.com]

That is well cheating
Stupid hippies at With Words
Too lazy to count

[gothicfreakgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'll give it a go
In my melancholic mood
That hangs o'er my head

I'm too tired to think
So I'm sitting here counting
The syllables on my hands

My workmate must think
I'm going quite crazy now
Tapping and typing

So that's it from me
I fail at this poetry
I'm more used to angst!

[jaketherat.livejournal.com]

if your haiku is
lower than seventy points
you're an idiot

[skinnycraig.livejournal.com]

Art can make you think
you should also be allowed
to just enjoy it

art can cause debate
and can question your held views
why not challenge it?

[emmelinemay.livejournal.com]

i am distracted
from your wonderful haikus
golden girls icon!!!

[halocaustic.livejournal.com]

Bea Arthur is feeling up her Mum in that icon! Ewwwwwww!

[mattydesade.livejournal.com]

Bollocks wank arse bum
Wank arse bollocks arse bollocks
Bum arse bollocks wank

:-)

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

I love this posting
Pedantry expressed as art
you are ace