Haiku
 

How about a Haiku thread?

You know the rules:
five syllables
seven syllables
five syllables

I like them because they force you to compress your meaning into very few words.

I'll start:

Yoga-stretching clouds
Let shy stars play hide-and-seek
Summer city sleeps

But it's light outside
only one star shines above
wake up sleepyhead

We did have a haiku thread - I loved it but it died a death
I'm happy to see a new one started

I seem to think in four and six syllable bursts, so I have to work at them
Just a quick attempt:

Gym again today
My October achievement
Toned but empty arms

Hugs are exercise
Strengthen your arms and your heart
No gym is required

Thinking, reflecting.
My past. My future. I have
only the present.

My arms are open
Always there and never used
Like a dodo trap

Quit trapping dodos
No more passive gathering
Sundae Girl, Huntress

Brains, beauty, passion
courage, humor, loyalty
Sundae Girl, man bait

Like the rising sun
Big V's generosity
Dispels my darkness

I don't make it up
(my words shine light on the truth)
I just report it.

procrastination
inertia and momentum
a deadly combo

Fear! What will happen?
The ostrich's plan is my plan.
Paralyzed by fear.

Domesticated.
Now all is new, having been
turned out by my pack.

So, I looked up Haiku earlier this year (they weren't a part of my schooling), and I understood that as well as the syllable thing, they were supposed to contain two related but distinct images/ideas (sentences) and have a seasonal/nature link. Am I wrong in this?

The one I wrote was this:

Released from classrooms
New growth awaits the learners.
Scrip is awoken.

I was pushing the scrip fundraiser, which is mainly used to fund the firld trip program at our school. It was spring, the time when the program starts up again after a winter lull, and also the need for $$$

The haiku worked -after that I got requests for poetry in my weekly newsletter and the $$ raised nearly trebled! :lol: I threaten them with horrible limericks if they don' raise more money!