Haiku

[EbersMoll]

That’s such dreadful news
Finding the right words is hard,
But you’re in our prayers.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

A prayer for you
To have the strength you need to
Beat back the cancer.

 

[elizaloo]

A bump in the road
is what a friend said to me
I know life is good

 

[etletlien]

no prayer needed
only c-vitamin
via injection

 

[Photog1rl]

Tatas and tacos
Celebrated on Tuesday
Don't forget to share

 

[Photog1rl]

You understand me
You know my cravings and needs.
Let's create pleasure

 

[EbersMoll]

Low quality carbs,
Spices, fried beef and beans,
Now I feel hungry!

 

[AlinaX]

countess dracula
a history rewritten
to no great purpose
yes, I know it's just a film
but it's all just so random

 

[AlinaX]

the cold cruelty
of an old woman grown young
drunk on virgin blood
a vampire without power
is a pitiful creature

 

[EbersMoll]

Would Gary Oldman
And <sigh> Winona Ryder
Reverse their lead roles?
Just trying to offer you
A few casting ideas

 

[etletlien]

bathory
the only witch
legitimately burned

 

[AlinaX]

bathory's power
was the old world absolute
of a ruling class
the countess may have been mad
but her crime was mere excess

 

[AlinaX]

never liked oldman
or dracula all that much
but love winona...

 

[EbersMoll]

I do like Oldman,
As for Ryder, we’re aligned!
Guess there’s Mister Cruise?

Seeing Winona
Playing countess Báthory
Would be a turn on

 

[Hypnobitch01]

"Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables with a total of 17 syllables in the completed poem. The lines rarely rhyme. Haiku poems employ highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.

It is a challenge to bring everything down to its essence within a set discipline.

Whilst this thread could well be included in the poetry section, my thoughts are it is more a writer's challenge to write within a fixed framework and evoke an emotion within fixed limitations.


Alluding to and building onto a previous work of another is welcomed by Haiku poets.

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Seduction an art
Using eyes to convey words
Words never spoken

Your eyes dance with me

I see hunger in your soul

I will sustain you

 

[etletlien]

adrenochrome
isnt an illusion
just like loosh

 

[EbersMoll]

Counting Syllables
To ensure correct meter,
And then there is, Jazz!

 

[AlinaX]

mark my words, my friends:
only rabbits count to five
- and bad poets

 

[etletlien]

cats meows to nine
or a thousand @ 5D
toxoc behaviour

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Haiku prefers
The flow of rivers
Over human fences

 

[Bamagan]

Haiku prefers
The flow of rivers
Over human fences

That makes it sound like
Haiku takes joy in flooding...
What harsh poetry!

Rise up, my rivers!
Nothing to lose but your banks!
Ah, wet unity!

 

[EbersMoll]

Water flows past me,
Ephemeral, yet weighty,
Like this group’s fine words.

 

[etletlien]

poetry takes precedence
against overpolished faeces

 

[EbersMoll]

Polishing the turd
Is like gilding the Lilly
Just more unpleasant

 

[AlinaX]

give me the absurd
over trite normality
on fridays, at least