Haiku thread

It is easier
To accept criticism
When it's not spoken.

This is a haiku
Share your favorite haiku here
Or just write your own

admin: "Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator"

Somebody needs to
Master the ancient art of
Posting more Haiku

admin:



I don't really get
What makes a Haiku clever
They don't even rhyme

admin: 5
7
5

nzlockie: They were a Japanese form of poetry.
Of course they don't translate well in English, but apparently the education system likes to teach these things.
There's some beautiful haiku if you hear it in the Japanese language, but traditionally, haiku was used in death poems and serious monotones.

E.G:
The Spring turns to Fall
I pass on with the rising sun
When the leaves turn red

Blackflag: ^Which to the poets eye means he bled red at the end of spring. Dying in battle, and becoming one with the rising sun (Japan)
Yes, I sometimes write poetry

nzlockie: Hahaha. I love this even more because people don't get it.

Blackflag: I pass on with the ri-sing sun = 8 syllables?

Translated to Japanese it has even more?

nzlockie: Damn. Well in Japansese it would have to be written differently, constituting 5,7,5 in their language.
Haiku is good when it is meaningful, uses symbolism, alliteration, ect.

The one's you guys are writing are simply three lines of meaningless words to be honest. Haiku can also come in multiple stanza's,

Blackflag: My sister in law is Japanese. She hasn't heard of your haiku but translated to Japanese it has way more than seven syllables in that second line.

Oh hang on. Apparently the whole 17 syllable thing is not really that important. You're allowed more or less than that. The 7-5-7 thing is just a convention, but people quite often break it.
You also have to reference a season.

Winter, Spring, Summer
Or Fall, all you have to do
Is call I'll be there.

Bonus points for getting all of them.

I do not care much,
You fail to care more than I,
Swagger, YOLO, Doge.

nzlockie: Snowflakes are cold stars
The ending of one journey
Is time all must pass

Supernova leaves
Like rainbows of memory
Carried by the wind

Shining like god-rays
Glistening lights of summer waves
Long for a cool breeze

Sour cherry blooms
Bring every creature outside
But birds can't stand it

I am like Vivaldi

nzlockie: That's because I was writing it in english, not japanese.
I created it.

admin: That's really good

Blackflag: it is really good!

I got so much swag
It is not even funny
I am not a bench