Thread: Original Haiku
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Old 09-25-2003, 12:42 PM   #11
Nathan Barnes
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I like to call mine 'Haikish' so I can have all of the fun of writing them and none of the annoyance of debating the rules.

Leaping! Drooling! Dog!
mud prints all over the place
and yet we love you

The alternative version is:

leaping, drooling dog
mud prints all over the place
why are you so dumb

Take your pick.


I seem to remember Haiku having some qualities like a seasonal tie-in and an evanescent mood, so:

snow in the morning
the scent of hot coffee --
wake me up inside


Which, of course, makes me think of music

wicked thieves of song
old women and little girls
lawsuits in the fall
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