The Haiku Thread!

[AlexFili]

For those who don't know, a Haiku is a 3-line poem which uses 5,7,5 syllables on each respective line. One example;

This is a Haiku/
I say this from me to you/
In a manner true.

So yeah, 5 syllables for the top line, 7 for the middle and 5 for the bottom.
Go for it!

[moxco]

I had to study poetry in english. I learnt that haikus are the biggest piece of bullshit ever!

[AlexFili]

I first saw them on Destroy All Humans 2. The 5,7,5 thing was meant for japanese characters only... but it still works here.

[mr.odd]

seriously... we need to stop making masses of threads that all relate to each other.

[Psychocath]

Oh my effin god;
I have done this wrong;
Refridgerator

[Wings of Fire]

Crocodile sir
I had soup of yours, Oh my
Crocodile sir.

[Bullet Magnet]

What the fuck is this?
I expected grand metrics
Not syllable counts.

[Wings of Fire]

You do not see joy
Inherent when you can toy
With dadaism?

[Bullet Magnet]

I don't see the point
When anyone can count beats
Let's have more effort.

No no no no no
No no no no no no no
No no no no no

[Nate]

I recommend all haikufans to play the game Full Throttle. Aside from an awesome metal soundtrack, the closing credits have a series of biker-themed haiku.

Question: Is the plural of 'haiku', 'haiku' or 'haikus'?

[Havoc]

Thread sucks in my pants,
A completely random note,
I am now leaving.

[AlexFili]

Plural is haikus/
With this knowledge you can't lose/
Haikus are smashing!

[Laser]

Freaking Oddworld
A place for all who are gay
Bummed are men

I think that works

[MeechMunchie]

I'm afraid to say
I don't really feel like
A haiku today

Bread and meat and cheese
Make a fine sandwich to eat
Now I need a drink

To write a poem
With just fourteen syllables
Is very diffi-

[Rich]

What the fuck is this? Poetry corner?

None Oddworld Art and Literature I say!

[Wings of Fire]

But then it could be
Nobody will read it there
Hence necessity.

[Rich]

I am too inept
At counting my syllables
Hence this poor response.

[used:)]

Oh Rich, your response
Is not really that half bad
Compared to others

[AlexFili]

Leaving letters out/
Totally non-sensical/
Makes a bad Haiku

[Nate]

Is it just me, or are most of these haikus actually meta-poetry, calling attention to the fact that they're breaking the rigid rules of haikutry?

+rep to anyone who makes a haiku that maintains the formal syllable structure, whilst rhyming each line.

Also, +rep to anyone who writes a haiku that maintains the formal syllable structure, whilst expressing how amazing I am.

[Rich]

Is it just me, or are most of these haikus actually meta-poetry, calling attention to the fact that they're breaking the rigid rules of haikutry?

+rep to anyone who makes a haiku that maintains the formal syllable structure, whilst rhyming each line.

Also, +rep to anyone who writes a haiku that maintains the formal syllable structure, whilst expressing how amazing I am.

How about:

I love Nate Dog Woof
He is my favourite poof
Better than Max, truth

[shaman]

Haikus are not great
I say that truthfully mate
They really arn't great.

Best i could do ...

[Wings of Fire]

Vulgar rhyme alert
Using a word twice doth hurt
Drags it through the dirt.

[shaman]

I am sorry WOF.
My rhymes are not good enough.
But yours are good stuff.

[Nate]

Shaman: You pronounce 'WoF' as rhyming with 'stuff' rather than 'toff'?

Also, Rich fails for rhyming 'woof' with 'truth' and, as WoF pointed out, Shaman fails for greating on my nerves. Yes, that was meant to be a pun. WoF gets points for his though.

The contest remains open indefinately, at my discretion.

[used:)]

Nate, the one we call
With shlong so sturdy and tall
Greatest of them all.

[Wings of Fire]

We have a winner.
I'd like to take to dinner
And make no thinner.

[used:)]

I'm thinking Friday's
Or perhaps a bar for gays.
The joy scale weighs.