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Yzjdriel

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I apologize
for the wall of text I've made,
but please bear with me.

This will be a thread
where people can share haiku.
There is but one rule:

Everything you say​
must be said as a haiku.
No exceptions. None.


Now I will teach you
how to write your own haiku.
It's really easy.

Five syllables here,
and seven syllables now.
Bam! That's a haiku.

What are they about?
Anything and everything.
Whatever you like.

"But my poems are bad!"
Nonsense! If it fits the form,
then it's a haiku!

If you think haiku
are for geniuses, then you
should look at this one:​

Haiku poems are strange,
and most of them don't make sense.
Refrigerator.



See? You can do it!
I bet you've already got
some good ideas,

so come and share them:
I promise that I won't judge.
Let's have fun with this!​
 

Ketzel

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I can't write haiku
How can I express my thoughts
In such a small space?
 

Yzjdriel

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That's very easy
You just select your words more
carefully and then

you split them up to
make more than one stanza if
you have to. See that?

You can write a whole
sentence in haiku format
with a little work.
 

Ketzel

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I think brevity
Is the soul of a haiku
Have you missed the point?
 

Jason

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I think of haiku
As ephemeral poems
With an ending twist

Tuesday afternoon
Raindrops clapping on the trees
Bird seed twenty dollars

Waddling ducks feeding
On insects in the lake grass
Pointy palm tree fronds
 

Kjbartolotta

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I write haiku when
I'm feeling depressed, mostly
Right now I feel fine
 

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It all seems to count
But you must kill your darlings
If you want success
 

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Basho, dry your tears.
Read all the translations of
'The Old Pond'. Now weep.
 

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Why excessive shoes?
If the ground is soft for us
We need just yearning
 

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My bare soles touch earth
connect me to the mother
breathing, tasting, life!
 

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Our mother is lost
Tapestries of steel choke her
Fumes corrode her lungs