Haiku for Hay Wayne

[zazen999]

I don't write poetry much but Happy Bunny was writing some recently and I came up with...

Hay Wayne

his strength lies
not in stature
but in nature




just thought i'd share...

[HeyWayne]

Aww shucks, thanks lady.

I ent never been written about before.

[BrideXIII]

prolific man
winter as summer
fun abundant

[piskieinboots]

when did you become a stack?

[BrideXIII]

when did you become a stack?

darn i missed that, should have had a pun

[HeyWayne]

when did you become a stack?

No, it's Big Daddy - not Giant Hay Stacks.

[BrideXIII]

No, it's Big Daddy - not Giant Hay Stacks.

nooooo silly.........OP addressed to Hay Wayne!

which on reflection may have been deliberate thinking of the haiku

[HeyWayne]

nooooo silly.........OP addressed to Hay Wayne!

I know - was jesting.

My blog's spelt that way too.

[BrideXIII]

I know - was jesting.

My blog's spelt that way too.

LOL then it is your fault for confusing the issue, go practice folding bamboo nappies
( how the devil are they made out of bamboo?)

[zazen999]

Oh - I get it now...yes it's because of the pikkie on his blog. LOL.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Hey, Wayne! I thought that
Haiku was in meters of
five, seven, and five!

[crazy_red]

Tis indeed!

Leaves blown from the West
Swirled and tossed in the winter breeze
Settle in to the East

About the only one I can remember.......

Still, rules are there to be broken


Red x

[BrideXIII]

English haiku is often 3 5 3
due to the fact english words have more syllables than japanese

THE LENGTH AND FORM OF ENGLISH HAIKU

Today, many bilingual poets and translators in the mainstream North American haiku scene agree that something in the vicinity of 11 English syllables is a suitable approximation of 17 Japanese syllables, in order to convey about the same amount of information as well as the brevity and the fragmented quality found in Japanese haiku. As to the form, some American poets advocate writing in 3-5-3 syllables or 2-3-2 accented beats. While rigid structuring can be accomplished in 5-7-5 haiku with relative ease due to a greater degree of freedom provided by the extra syllables, such structuring in shorter haiku will have the effect of imposing much more stringent rules on English haiku than on Japanese haiku, thereby severely limiting its potential.

but its the thought that counts, and as you say rules are made to be broken.

here they are though.
Rules:

3-short lines
1-season word
1-cutting word
no rhyme or metaphor
(17 syllables, 5-7-5)

as long as you have 17 syllables they don't always have to be 5 7 5 although that is the acccepted form.

example

Looking for the moon
In a lonely autumn sky
- mountain castle lights,

'A cutting word is the break in a line such as the hyphen before the word mountain that occurred when the poet saw a mountain castle rather than the moon in the sky. other English poems use `behold` or `stop` to convey this moment.'

[crazy_red]

Maybe we should have a silly poem fest, see who can come up with the funniest one about vegetables....

[zazen999]

artistic licence...I always thought that the syllables counted when the poem was in Japanese, so translated into English it probably doesn't really matter.