Monday 4 September 2017

A haiku


This is a haiku.
I'm not a great fan myself;
I can't see the point.

Any comments in the form of haikus, please. And if you like them, please do tell me why (in haiku form as well, of course).

25 comments:

  1. Capture a feeling
    Using sensory language
    Inspired by nature

    I like them because you have to use few words to say as much as possible, so a good exercise to practice.

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    1. That was a good one
      Compared with other haikus.
      I still don't like them!

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  2. I don't like haiku
    I'd rather dwell on content
    Than count syllables

    ...and yet I do like the sonnet and the villanelle, both of which have a definite form also. Likes and dislikes defy explanation. De gustibus etc.

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    1. I'm referring to writing a haiku, not necessarily to reading one.

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    2. I like sonnets, too.
      But they're much harder to write.
      Satisfying,though.

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  3. I find them frightening and glad that I don't have to face the All Blacks.

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    1. A non-sequitur.
      I might have expected it.
      Stick to your photos?

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    2. Sorry I'm thick.
      I read haiku and thought hakka
      thought it a typo.

      I can't do this. Should have kept quiet and not proved it.

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    3. Adrian you're nowhere near as simple/thick as you pretend. It was subtle and I, for one, thought it was brilliant and funny.

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  4. This is a comment.
    I make them very often.
    Seldom in haiku.

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    1. Thank you for trying.
      Knew I could rely on you!
      Limericks next time...

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    2. I couldn't possibly contemplate a limerick Frances because
      The limerick’s an art form complex
      Whose contents run chiefly to sex;
      It’s famous for virgins
      And masculine urgin’s
      And vulgar erotic effects.

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    3. Brilliant! You see, you can do it, Graham. Next time, a sonnet?

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    4. Frances I wrote that in my 'Book' when I was a teenager but whether it is mine or someone else's I cannot be sure. I can find no attribution online.

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  5. As a former English teacher, I must say that I scorned the haiku form. However:-

    Ms Frances Garood
    Only becomes truly rude
    After swigging gin

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    1. I quite agree with
      You, despite insulting rhyme.
      YP, how could you?

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  6. A 14 year old British girl won a Haiku contest in Japan with this:
    freshly mown grass
    clinging to my shoes
    my muddled thoughts.

    She was flown to Tokyo and besides receiving a cash prize, will also have her words printed on thousands of bottles of green tea! (That is what the newspaper said.) Something tells me the trip to Japan and the money might be more exciting to the 14 year old.

    Do you Haiku?
    No, not me.
    Nor should you. (My attempt at rhyme and advice at the same time.)

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    1. Yes. I read about that prize, Kay. But she doesn't do the prescribed form (5,7,5 syllables). I prefer yours!

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  7. Like reading haiku
    Good ones I mean, of course
    Not the kind I'd write

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    1. Glad you do, Patsy.
      Each to his own, I suppose.
      I still don't like them!

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  8. Can anyone write
    A proper haiku without
    Counting on fingers?
    (I can't)



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    1. No. The problem is when I come to the second line I need to use my other hand.

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  9. I love reading them
    have also tried writing some
    with scenes of nature.

    And, yes, I have to count on fingers!

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    1. I was counting on
      My fingers as I read your
      Kind reply. Thank you!

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