17 Jan 2014, 5:28 am
So I just came up with a haiku I quite liked and I thought I shared. Looked for other Haiku threads but they were ancient, so I hope a new thread is ok. Would love to see other people haikus. Just one note: In other forums were I made a thread like this it got spammed very fast with nonsense haikus, please dont. 
Words are so tiny
And sentences very big
I am in between
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02 Apr 2014, 10:20 pm
LonelyJar wrote:
A haiku is supposed to have five syllables on the first line, seven syllables on the second line, and five more syllables on the third and final line.
Thanks for clearing that up, LonelyJar!
I did actually spend quite a lot of time googling Haiku definitions, but couldn't glean a simple answer from all the complicated and conflicting opinions.
Another thing that confuses me is S's at the end of words
Do they count in a Haiku?
For instance, in Rascal77's Haiku:
"Roses may be red.
Violets can be sorta blue.
I rock at haiku."
I can se how Ro / ses is two syllables,
but is Violets Vi / o / lets (3 syllables) or Vi / o / let / ss? (4)
...Ah, I see, pronunciation differs.
It's Vi / lets.
I pronounce the o' and draw out the s'
Thanks for all your help!
Haikus. A challenge.
Writing once more, I succeed!
Bring Haiku Kudos!
11 Apr 2014, 5:42 am
LonelyJar wrote:
Alright, looking back at some of the prose posted here annoyed me because, to be blunt, some posters didn't create real haikus. A haiku is supposed to have five syllables on the first line, seven syllables on the second line, and five more syllables on the third and final line. I know that math isn't a very popular subject and frequently seems to be in opposition with literature and language (even though there is some overlap between the two), but I don't think it's that hard to count to seventeen. Honestly, I feel like I'm looking at some of those haiku summary things on TV Tropes. So, in light of my feelings for these poems, I've decided to edit the syllable count for each one to make them all proper haikus.
@AspieTurtle
Sacred empty sky,
Witness the unchangeable
Changing through the day.
@Alexandriaprim
Pa ko no no no,
My hands are jelly liquid
Cool whips...um...the end!
@Rascal77s
Roses may be red.
Violets can be sorta blue.
I rock at haiku.
@syzygyish
Howling monkeys howl
Because they can't floss their teeth.
What did I just type?!
@syzygyish
Growing, nothing knows.
Knowing, nothing ever grows.
Cutting, nothing goes.
@AspieTurtle
Sacred empty sky,
Witness the unchangeable
Changing through the day.
@Alexandriaprim
Pa ko no no no,
My hands are jelly liquid
Cool whips...um...the end!
@Rascal77s
Roses may be red.
Violets can be sorta blue.
I rock at haiku.
@syzygyish
Howling monkeys howl
Because they can't floss their teeth.
What did I just type?!
@syzygyish
Growing, nothing knows.
Knowing, nothing ever grows.
Cutting, nothing goes.
Syllables have a degree of leeway in Haikus.
More relevant however, is that Haikus are supposed to (1) be serious , and (2) Most vitally, should contain a reference to the season.
Out of all of those poems listed, they're all Senryu (which follow the same structural format as Haikus but are typically less formal and have no necessity for a seasonal reference, often being more about human nature than the time of year) except for maybe the first one... in which I'm not sure if the metaphors are references to a season or not.
So if you're after "proper Haikus" , you'd be wanting something like this...
Sunshine, icy chill
Birds flying into the trees
Precipitation
Whereas a Senryu would be more something like...
Scarcity of food
Stupid people everywhere
Why aren't they mince
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