Fodors Haiku...c'mon you know you want to
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<BR>At Fodor's I roost.<BR>Will not get fired from work.<BR>Slaves have to be sold.<BR>-----<BR>Haggis, oh haggis.<BR>Gagging at the thought of it.<BR>Why is it in tube?<BR>-----<BR>Gypsies near our tour.<BR>I stop to read their bright signs.<BR>Have you seen my purse?<BR>-----<BR>Mephisto or Clarks?<BR>Maybe Birkenstock or SAS?<BR>Just so they're not white!<BR>-----<BR>Are my arms covered?<BR>Cathedral at twelve o'clock.<BR>Forgot I'm in shorts!<BR>
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<BR>Started observing<BR>Did not want to interfere<BR>But correctors need correcting<BR><BR>Ok, so I'm the first to admit that I am a HORRIBLE haiku writer. But I had to jump in to defend the non-5-7-5 writers, particularly from those posters who were both wrong AND vitriolic.<BR><BR>A TRADITIONAL haiku has two elements: a 5-7-5 structure, and a seasonal reference. <BR><BR>There are many, many other guidelines about what makes a haiku a "real" haiku, but 5-7-5 and a seasonal reference are both necessary-but-not-sufficient elements of a TRADITIONAL haiku. It doesn't make much sense to insist on one element without even mentioning the other.<BR><BR>There are, however, probably MORE non-traditional haikus in existance than traditional ones (even among "real" poets in Japan). So, in that vein£¬ I will try again£º<BR><BR>Going to Paris<BR>Is there anything to see£¿<BR>Can I wear tennies£¿