Haiku

I love Haiku.

There are many sites online about Haiku, and this one has some pictures with the poems. I hope you'll enjoy. I'll post some of their best examples.

http://www.haikupoetshut.com/lotusblossom4.jpg

http://www.haikupoetshut.com/10000moons.jpg

Springs' two lips
kiss with disregard
to summers' stare
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Gillian

Honestly, this is beautiful! What a perfect image!

Thanks Maria....I stumble and bumble with Haiku, never counting my syllables the way I should -
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Hesitant Spring
Unsure of leaving
Winter behind

Single black feather
Drifts down from my clouded mind
As the ghost crow flies.

I got this from this website http://www.uchiyama.demon.nl/egpoetry.htm and thought it was very well explained for those who didn't know:

The Haiku

Haiku

A haiku consists of 3 lines with 5, 7 and 5 syllables. In a haiku the deepest emotional feelings are written with these 3 lines, by describing nature in a simple way. The interpretation of a haiku is very difficult, because of these simple lines and one has to find the real meaning behind the words.

One of the most famous haiku's is from Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) and it goes like this:

Furu ikeya
Kawazu tobikomu
Mizu no oto

An old pond
A frog jumps in
The sound of water

I love yours, Scarlet. It's dark, beautiful.

Thanks, Maria. I like haiku a lot even though it's difficult to do properly. I think as a form it demands a lot of discipline and
teaches the poet to distill words through focusing on pure imagery.

The best haiku has multiple meanings in three simple little lines. Choosing your words to fit into a 5-7-5 syllable form is only part of the challenge...

OK, I admit it's really, really dumb but I like this site:

http://www.spamhaiku.com/spam1/

(and a handful of these are by my boyfriend. Argh.)

Originally posted by Desert Spring
OK, I admit it's really, really dumb but I like this site:

http://www.spamhaiku.com/spam1/

(and a handful of these are by my boyfriend. Argh.)

ROFL!!! :D

Omigod, some of these are great!!!

Thanks, DS! Which ones did your bf write? These are hilarious! :D

Ahhhh, I got it!! The archives!!! They are hilarious!!! thanks DS!

http://www.haikupoetshut.com/red-dragonfly1.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/7210/fan2.gif

winter mist-
memories of embracing
and being embraced

Masajo Suzuki

Here is one I like:

firefly finds his love
they settle into grass
together

Suzuki Masajo

http://www.worldhaikureview.org/1-2/firef1.gif

P.S. The author was married to a man 7 years her junior! She
was also in a long-distance relationship and travelled to
meet her guy!

http://www.worldhaikureview.org/1-2/poetslife8_01.shtml

Wow, Patricia, I had missed your post! I didn't know that she was married to someone younger. When I was in Japan I noticed that there were many women in that case.

There's even a song for this: toshi shita no otoko no ko, meaning, younger man... ;)

I have a new one:

Chunagon Atsutada

translation by MacCauley

I have met my love.
When I compare this present
With feelings of the past,
My passion is now as if
I have never loved before.

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/images/hyaku43.gif

That one is VERY cool, Maria.

Our love is a feast -
A hundred thousand dishes
With ginger kisses.

Lucky clever cat!
When my love embraces me,
I, too, want to purr.