Dragaera

Haiku

Tue Feb 22 17:05:36 PST 2005

Redneck Haiku

Out front, pa's fixin'
To get the Nova on blocks
House got wheels, car don't

-----Original Message-----
From: Teddywolf [mailto:foodgod at pobox.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:07 PM
To: dragaera at dragaera.info
Subject: Re: Haiku



On Tuesday, February 22, 2005, at 05:56 PM, Steve Brust wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-02-22 at 14:28, Teddywolf wrote:
>
>>
>> I've read that some consider haikus in English to be OK if they have 
>> fewer than the listed number of syllables for each line.  The 
>> reasoning was, English is a more compact language syllable-wise.
>>
>> Common words like pearls
>> Poetry flows with meaning
>> Each line a fountain
>>
>
> There was a young man of Hanshu
> Who tried limericks in Haiku.
> But

Jesting in Haiku
A study in silliness
Whyfore we do this?