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Originally posted by GreenPat

Will the haiku thread
become popular enough
for another page

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Yes yes yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes yes

The Southerly winds
We patiently waited for
have arrived at last



But shouldn't each line be a separate sentence, not just parts of a longer sentence?

Just to prove you are right:

How to write Haiku

In japanese, the rules for how to write Haiku are clear, and will not be discussed here. In foreign languages, there exist NO consensus in how to write Haiku-poems. Anyway, let's take a look at the basic knowledge:

What to write about?

Haiku-poems can describe almost anything, but you seldom find themes which are too complicated for normal PEOPLE's recognition and understanding. Some of the most thrilling Haiku-poems describe daily situations in a way that gives the reader a brand new experience of a well-known situation.

The metrical pattern of Haiku

Haiku-poems consist of respectively 5, 7 and 5 syllables in three units. In japanese, this convention is a must, but in english, which has variation in the length of syllables, this can sometimes be difficult.

The technique of cutting.

The cutting divides the Haiku into two parts, with a certain imaginative distance between the two sections, but the two sections must remain, to a degree, independent of each other. Both sections must enrich the understanding of the other.

To make this cutting in english, either the first or the second line ends normally with a colon, long dash or ellipsis.

The seasonal theme.

Each Haiku must contain a kigo, a season word, which indicate in which season the Haiku is set. For example, cherry blossoms indicate spring, snow indicate winter, and mosquitoes indicate summer, but the season word isn't always that obvious.

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Originally posted by Leech

Clouds appear
and bring to men a chance to rest
from looking at the moon.
-Basho, Matsuo

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that's deep

I couldn't work out how to fit a season in that one. I think a lot of these might be easy to pick from the wind element though

Daylight savings ends:
no more weekday kiteboarding
until next summer

I just drank a bucket of red.
WTF going on here.
Fk old age

Women come and go
they cannot be kept happy
Wind is forever

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Originally posted by firiebob

I just drank a bucket of red.
WTF going on here.
Fk old age

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haiku'd for you!

a bucket of red;
i am confused about this
i hate getting old.

Just met a bastard
clearing two thousand dollars
per week driving trucks

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Originally posted by Leech

the haiku thread is
slipping down the list of threads;
must keep it alive!

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Popularity
Like the cherry blossom scent
Is a short lived thing

Hey I'm getting good at this...even remembered to put a 'kigo' in

Now it is Easter
This is the last of the wind
Soon we will hibernate

Sex sex sex sex sex
Beer Beer Beer Beer Beer Beer Beer
Windsurf windsurf wind

Game over....

Lifes a bitch
Ya $hit me to tears
Im goin down the pub
I love you

Notwal
If you don't want to hiberate come to F'NQ this winter for some wind

TelecomGreg

the rum did not work
not a single good word came
I slept quite well though