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Nellers May 2013 9:38pm, 10 May 2013 25,010 posts	Quote Pin Nellers Can we have an example, Pest?
Derby Tup May 2013 9:54pm, 10 May 2013 5,466 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Wharfedale fell running mist, curlew, lambs everywhere tomato soup, cake
Oysterboy May 2013 9:56pm, 10 May 2013 6,315 posts	Quote Pin Oysterboy Bloody soaked again British summer is here Tea in my onesie
Derby Tup May 2013 10:01pm, 10 May 2013 5,467 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup Kettlewell hill-reps powering up, sprinting down dippers on the Wharfe 1st effort is mine; this is Stef's
Nellers May 2013 11:19pm, 10 May 2013 25,011 posts	Quote Pin Nellers Criticism is Hard to accept when winter
Nellers May 2013 11:20pm, 10 May 2013 25,012 posts	Quote Pin Nellers Brings cold and dark nights
Chrisull May 2013 11:26pm, 10 May 2013 5,480 posts	Quote Pin Chrisull Haikus are deceptively simple, yet fucking hard to write, I love the challenge, haven't written one I'm happy with yet. While the 5-7-5 applies to the Japanese, but the Western version is accepted as subtly different, and the restriction in English language is often seen as unnecessary. Jack Kerouac wrote quite a few I like: "No telegram today only more leaves fell." and "In my medicine cabinet the winter fly has died of old age" and perhaps his defining one: "Seventeen syllables? No, as I say, American Pops:– Simple 3-line poems” In addition to Pesto's excellent summation, there's a couple of other elements a "cutting line" (also known as eye opener), which helps punctuate the whole rhythm (and ties up the two sections). In Japanese the cutting line is more important because Japanese haikus are often written on one line. There's also a thing about them being unpretentious, they are simple, and don't use long or fancy words. There's also often a hint of mortality in them.
sallykate May 2013 11:31pm, 10 May 2013 3,182 posts	Quote Pin sallykate Lovely Friday run Spring breeze made it slightly hard Felt good afterwards
Derby Tup May 2013 11:32pm, 10 May 2013 5,469 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup I had a real fascination with haiku a few years ago and the point you make about never writing one and being happy with it is spot on They are great fun and I used to find myself composing them when driving or in the shower. I had lines that I liked, haiku which I thought were good, but I could finish and scraps of paper everywhere with unfinished work on them
McGoohan May 2013 11:33pm, 10 May 2013 7,876 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Japanese poetry: Haikus often don't make sense Colander hedgehog