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Beautiful, moat!

MrSmith1 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:21:44 +0000

In reply to Before time runs out, a scene

Beautiful, moat!

Before time runs out, a scene

moat — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:49:08 +0000

In reply to haikus for a friday afternoon ...

Before time runs out,

a scene plays backwards in dreams,

warning of new snow.

Excellent! More please.

MrSmith1 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:39:20 +0000

In reply to Well, without the 5-7-5 it

Excellent! More please.

Well, without the 5-7-5 it

jollyroger — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:35:04 +0000

In reply to Well, since there are only

Well, without the 5-7-5 it might as well be a sonnet--altho why we should adopt a stricture from a language not even in our own indo-european group is problematic.

Since we are trading haikus,

Cialis All Gone Haiku

*Winter angst at Ray's

Doug's prostate hygeine program

Wasted all the pills.

(*I do adhere to kiga)

Well, since there are only

MrSmith1 — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 01:28:58 +0000

In reply to I note that you have cast off

Well, since there are only four seasons and I'm writing 3 and 4 haikus a day, a mandatory seasonal reference seems silly to me. I often use seasonal references, but not in every haiku, and if the seasonal references are under-represented here, it's from my random choosing rather than any repudiation of seasonal references on my part. I also don't always include a reference to nature, which some people seem as essential. I use a lot of references to nature, mind you, just not as a hard and fast rule. Besides, I lean toward a pretty wide interpretation of what is meant by the term, 'nature'.

What I do adhere to is the strict haiku form. I know some people think the form, when written in English, is unimportant. I strongly disagree. To me, that's the whole game; communicating an image, idea or scenario in 17 syllables in a pattern of 5-7-5 or in the longer form of 31 syllables in a pattern of 5-7-5-7-7. That can be a real challenge. I like to think of a haiku as having the potential to be a 17 syllable one-act play.

I note that you have cast off

jollyroger — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:23:46 +0000

In reply to haikus for a friday afternoon ...

I note that you have cast off the tired obligation to make a seasonal reference, which can be a pain in the ass and has caused me to cheat, on occasion. It is controversial.

Just like I told Jolly; this

Richard Day — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:01:50 +0000

In reply to haikus for a friday afternoon ...

Just like I told Jolly; this is great!

Damn. Just me and C. hahhahaahahah

Now its movin!

Oh my dreams....It is funny but those memories never are lost and I must recall about 7%.

She actually wore costumes sometimes...what the hell did I know?

I would play behind closed doors but then i would have to kill myself.

hahahahahah

I'll be back. we got time. hahahaha