Haiku

[Jkrs]

Haiku translates literally as something like 'poem beginning', referring to the game that the form was initially a part of. It sounds interesting, so post your haiku here, or take someone elses' and make a longer poem of it.

Some starters:

A single, tall flame
Surrounds itself in darkness
Briefly glowing soot


A yellowed old book
Disintegrates in the hand.
Was it worth it?


Chill and crisp and grey
The thunder and the wind roll
Raindrops in my hand

[Melody]

Carmen Sandie
Go kill all your enemies
Its really funny

I lay on my bed
Naked so take a snapshot
'fore I turn around

[paladinoflunaria]

Any fool can write
A Haiku- just stop at the
seventeenth syllab-

[Jkrs]

:lol:

(No, I have no content right now. But that's quite true in its own way.)

[Birdsnest]

Thank you for creating a Haiku thread, that is something I do enjoy, even as a beginner which I am. Usually you have three lines and the first two almost always have something about nature or seasons in them, and the third line will untwist a sort of a surprise ending. And, yes 17 syllables if possible, but close is ok. I think its 5, 7, 5, or thereabouts.


Sudden Gust of Wind
Sends a thousand blossoms drifting
I turn and head home

or (I might have copied some ideas here).

Moonlit mountains
cast shadows on road below
Will I ever reach home?

[candela]

I don't understand
What the hell is a haiku?
Do you even know?

[Utopmk]

There I sat, tripping
One million thoughts in my head
I am overwhelmed

[Division56]

They fill me with warmth
Yet expanding in my gut
Atkins friendly flax

[Johnny]

It's no good reason
for you to stay overnight.
But I still need you


Not a day goes by
that I stop believing in
the day that will come

Wow, haiku is pretty neat.

[Johnny]

Mandelbrot says that
the need for infinity
is to see the grain.

Haiku rocks.

[Johnny]

The wind blows southward,
and the Sun exposes Her.
When is the next storm?

[Boozer]

Through hollow speakers -
childhood idols yell at me.
Still can't understand


Sitting in the park
Blacked out summer no AC
Haven't been there since.


Summer of boredom
Alone with my computer
I speak to the world


Bright blue bicycle-
in the corner of my room
Helmet full of dust


Table full of books
Cabinet full of dishes
Empty fast food bag

[jimkopelli]

Pakita-boom-THWACK
Is that the drumline playing?
No, it's just a train.

[hemanthraz]

just a few coins,
for a little burning stick,
death comes really cheap

a girl so pretty
the weather so beautiful
but dammit im gay

[hemanthraz]

just a few coins,
for a little burning stick,
death comes really cheap

I tried really hard,
then i tried to try some more
now, i try to stop

hey, im getting better

[MoneyJungle]

Resurrecting threads
Is a whole lot easier
Than starting my own

Bring me alcohol
It must be hard to resist
When asked by Haiku

Thread remains buried
One syllable at a time
I alienate