The Haiku Thread

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Perhaps we could share this charming art form. Please, try to keep comments to a minimum. It is more important to be sincere, than artistic.

Three lines,
Five syllables. (a first view of the “moment”)
Seven syllables (the contrast)
Five syllables (the unification)
A traditional example from a Japanese poet:
<HR>
<P ALIGN=“CENTER”>
“There go fireflies!”
I want to cry out aloud.
But I am alone.
Issa</P>
<HR>
The archtype: by Matsuo Basho, the most famous haiku of all.
(It is forgiven its syllable count, although in Japanese it is not so far off as in English)
<HR>
< P ALIGN=“CENTER”>
A mill pond,
The frog leaps,
A splash of water.
Basho</P>
<HR>
< P ALIGN=“CENTER”>
Ripples, remembered
Did I hear the splashing sound?
Basho left echos.
<Tris</P>

2

I thought there was also supposed to be a reference to the season.

The downloading file
Moves as slow as autumn leaves.
I want DSL.

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Da Chef

3

MrKnowItAll
Wants to write something profound.
There’s always a first.

4

I really have to go.
The darn bathroom is so far
No more beans for me

Studi

When I grow up, I want to be the Minister of Silly Walks.

5

Bright as summer sun,
Blazing laser reads data:
My CD-ROM drive.

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Da Chef

6

I would write haiku
But I am not a poet
Alas, my lines suck.

– Sylence

If a bird doesn’t sing, I’ll wait until it sings.

  • Tokugawa Ieyasu
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The tradition does usually include a reference to the season, and pastoral scenes predominate Japanese Haiku. This is not Japanese Haiku. It is our moment we savor, happening to us.
<HR>
<P ALIGN=“CENTER”>
Snow lies on the ground.
“Please hurry Spring!” I whisper.
When will cherries blossom?
Tris</P>
<HR>

8

The red-and-white blooms
Coated with the hoary frost
Are gently dying.

9

Ah, sweet “Guy Stuff” thread.
We are going to the moon!
Pass me that bottle.

Changing my sig, because Wally said to, and I really like Wally, and I’ll do anything he says, anytime he says to.

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<CENTER>
Chemical Warfare!
(Or is that just leftovers
…rotting in my fridge)
</CENTER>

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<p align=“CENTER”>Til the earth, water,
Plant a seed, and watch each day.
Learn to love the weeds.
Tris</p>

I hate quotations.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

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<p align=“center”>The winter is here
Yet warm ocean beckons
Joy! LA living</p>

13

**Twisted, blackened stump
Remains among the flowers

  • This is now my life.**

Sake Samurai

Yet to be reconciled with the reality of the dark for a moment, I go on wandering from dream to dream.

14

Prose at its finest:
“Pay to the order of Troy.”
At least I think so.
Chef Troy

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Da Chef

15

Summer or winter?
My roses just can’t be sure.
Ah, Texas weather!
Chef Troy

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Da Chef

16

**
Objectivism
Libertarianism
Christianity
**

Lib

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Oh, come on now, guys!
You’re all far too serious.
Have some fun with this!

Changing my sig, because Wally said to, and I really like Wally, and I’ll do anything he says, anytime he says to.

18

I thought Lib couldn’t
write a haiku about his
beliefs. I was wrong.

The stop light turns red.
A pause in the hectic pace.
This, my friend, is life?

I got a dollar.
I sold my soul to Satan.
It came in the mail.

I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail.

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<P align=“CENTER”>Cold juice, hot cofee.
Crisp bacon, and soft poached egg,
Am I awake yet?
Tris</p>

20

My son lies sleeping.
I feel fiercely protective
When I look at him.

My screen saver:
A landscape photo of mine.
Science shows nature.

A Dilbert doll hangs
as dead, in my cubicle.
A metaphor? No.

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Da Chef