tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post3827185157848373632..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: A haikuFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-28164554036456613382017-09-07T17:12:29.286+01:002017-09-07T17:12:29.286+01:00I was counting on
My fingers as I read your
Kind r...I was counting on<br />My fingers as I read your<br />Kind reply. Thank you!<br />Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-50236868144261028382017-09-07T16:29:13.552+01:002017-09-07T16:29:13.552+01:00I love reading them
have also tried writing some
w...I love reading them<br />have also tried writing some<br />with scenes of nature.<br /><br />And, yes, I have to count on fingers!<br />Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-6308415403944497282017-09-06T18:37:29.462+01:002017-09-06T18:37:29.462+01:00Adrian you're nowhere near as simple/thick as ...Adrian you're nowhere near as simple/thick as you pretend. It was subtle and I, for one, thought it was brilliant and funny.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-24182492034083924102017-09-06T18:29:37.213+01:002017-09-06T18:29:37.213+01:00No. The problem is when I come to the second line ...No. The problem is when I come to the second line I need to use my other hand.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-23471859092366075422017-09-06T18:28:40.365+01:002017-09-06T18:28:40.365+01:00Frances I wrote that in my 'Book' when I w...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.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-69011905078849149502017-09-06T17:19:13.093+01:002017-09-06T17:19:13.093+01:00Sorry I'm thick.
I read haiku and thought hakk...Sorry I'm thick.<br />I read haiku and thought hakka<br />thought it a typo.<br /><br />I can't do this. Should have kept quiet and not proved it.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-16138458275589603402017-09-06T09:23:22.156+01:002017-09-06T09:23:22.156+01:00Can anyone write
A proper haiku without
Counting ...Can anyone write<br />A proper haiku without <br />Counting on fingers?<br />(I can't)<br /><br /><br /><br />Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-1237770157465053162017-09-06T09:20:18.739+01:002017-09-06T09:20:18.739+01:00Glad you do, Patsy.
Each to his own, I suppose.
I ...Glad you do, Patsy.<br />Each to his own, I suppose.<br />I still don't like them!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-13554902474139081272017-09-06T09:18:22.279+01:002017-09-06T09:18:22.279+01:00Yes. I read about that prize, Kay. But she doesn&#...Yes. I read about that prize, Kay. But she doesn't do the prescribed form (5,7,5 syllables). I prefer yours!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-91726301984792449032017-09-06T09:15:15.255+01:002017-09-06T09:15:15.255+01:00Brilliant! You see, you can do it, Graham. Next ti...Brilliant! You see, you can do it, Graham. Next time, a sonnet?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-29782912131947202032017-09-06T08:01:40.282+01:002017-09-06T08:01:40.282+01:00Like reading haiku
Good ones I mean, of course
Not...Like reading haiku<br />Good ones I mean, of course<br />Not the kind I'd writePatsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-57350355806577803722017-09-06T07:00:03.368+01:002017-09-06T07:00:03.368+01:00I couldn't possibly contemplate a limerick Fra...I couldn't possibly contemplate a limerick Frances because<br />The limerick’s an art form complex<br />Whose contents run chiefly to sex;<br />It’s famous for virgins<br />And masculine urgin’s<br />And vulgar erotic effects.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-12819667930360106392017-09-05T23:21:04.242+01:002017-09-05T23:21:04.242+01:00A 14 year old British girl won a Haiku contest in ...A 14 year old British girl won a Haiku contest in Japan with this:<br />freshly mown grass<br />clinging to my shoes<br />my muddled thoughts.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Do you Haiku?<br />No, not me.<br />Nor should you. (My attempt at rhyme and advice at the same time.)<br />Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-68124558503734658742017-09-05T14:00:36.872+01:002017-09-05T14:00:36.872+01:00I quite agree with
You, despite insulting rhyme.
Y...I quite agree with<br />You, despite insulting rhyme.<br />YP, how could you?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-80137150882376323102017-09-05T13:55:02.540+01:002017-09-05T13:55:02.540+01:00Thank you for trying.
Knew I could rely on you!
Li...Thank you for trying.<br />Knew I could rely on you!<br />Limericks next time...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-14019504071958398632017-09-05T13:53:01.128+01:002017-09-05T13:53:01.128+01:00A non-sequitur.
I might have expected it.
Stick to...A non-sequitur.<br />I might have expected it.<br />Stick to your photos?Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-68491573698414148912017-09-05T13:50:47.577+01:002017-09-05T13:50:47.577+01:00I like sonnets, too.
But they're much harder t...I like sonnets, too.<br />But they're much harder to write.<br />Satisfying,though.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-69154178818192743922017-09-05T13:49:23.275+01:002017-09-05T13:49:23.275+01:00That was a good one
Compared with other haikus.
I ...That was a good one<br />Compared with other haikus.<br />I still don't like them!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-45662583662273334962017-09-05T11:44:26.720+01:002017-09-05T11:44:26.720+01:00As a former English teacher, I must say that I sco...As a former English teacher, I must say that I scorned the haiku form. However:-<br /><br />Ms Frances Garood<br />Only becomes truly rude<br />After swigging ginYorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-43751843578519235052017-09-05T08:07:37.273+01:002017-09-05T08:07:37.273+01:00This is a comment.
I make them very often.
Seldom ...This is a comment.<br />I make them very often.<br />Seldom in haiku.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-38670571751301746962017-09-05T07:56:33.670+01:002017-09-05T07:56:33.670+01:00Nice one Adrian.Nice one Adrian.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-56622547297998146512017-09-05T06:21:18.326+01:002017-09-05T06:21:18.326+01:00I find them frightening and glad that I don't ...I find them frightening and glad that I don't have to face the All Blacks.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-85069459989544668822017-09-05T00:49:17.341+01:002017-09-05T00:49:17.341+01:00I'm referring to writing a haiku, not necessar...I'm referring to writing a haiku, not necessarily to reading one.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-9589348226567926592017-09-05T00:47:26.077+01:002017-09-05T00:47:26.077+01:00I don't like haiku
I'd rather dwell on con...I don't like haiku<br />I'd rather dwell on content<br />Than count syllables<br /><br />...and yet I do like the sonnet and the villanelle, both of which have a definite form also. Likes and dislikes defy explanation. <i>De gustibus</i> etc.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-25813235317973535722017-09-04T22:00:22.678+01:002017-09-04T22:00:22.678+01:00Capture a feeling
Using sensory language
Inspired ...Capture a feeling<br />Using sensory language<br />Inspired by nature<br /><br />I like them because you have to use few words to say as much as possible, so a good exercise to practice.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938216505505274248noreply@blogger.com