Haiku page

[ancusmitis]

Another point about traditional Japanese Haiku. There are actually two forms with identical rules of syllabification. Haiku is the name of the first one, and it deals with nature. Senryu is the name of the other one, and it deals with human affairs. In English, we define genres of poetry by their structure, so we call them each by the same name and even mix the two together when composing our own. Funnily enough, we don't do this with other formats, such as novels or short stories: those are divided and lumped together according to topic.

This page on the site that Mia posted appears to reference this: http://www.ahapoetry.com/senarti.htm

I found it enjoyable and worth thinking about. To me, it says that when adapting forms of poetry from a foreign language, you will not truly be using the original forms. But that is not a weakness.

 

[ancusmitis]

Noodles of darkness
arise to conquer the earth
apastacalypse

 

[Epicurean Pariah]

Noodles of darkness
arise to conquer the earth
apastacalypse

ancusmitis. I am old and a bit slow, it took me a second. Funny, very funny.
Perhaps the universe is seeded with noodles via the process of...
Pan s'ghettia.

 

[Mia]

In memoriam to Cecil

Bloodthirsty arrow,
narcissistic trophies bleed
while Androcles weeps.

 

[Epicurean Pariah]

In memoriam to Cecil

Bloodthirsty arrow,
narcissistic trophies bleed
while Androcles weeps.

Mia, briefly, my wife and I are livid about this situation and made a contribution.
If I were tyrant I would imprison the dentist, in a hot African cell with the rotting lion carcass. When he is done eating every bit of it, let him out. Aversion therapy.

 

[ancusmitis]

There is a petition to extradite the dentist who shot him. I can PM it to those who are interested.

 

[Mia]

There is a petition to extradite the dentist who shot him.

I did see the petition, don't know if it will work or if its possible to extradite. Although I think he should face some sort of justice.

 

[ancusmitis]

I did see the petition, don't know if it will work or if its possible to extradite. Although I think he should face some sort of justice.

Mia, I totally agree. But I am new and I don't want to tempt the banhammer by discussing politics. Suffice to say that he broke the law in Zimbabwe, and his accomplices who were still in the country are now in custody by the government. I do not know how extradition really works, but honestly, if you are going to a foreign country and don't want to end up in jail you should obey the law. Unless you're rescuing political dissidents or something. But he was just out there for fun.

 

[Epicurean Pariah]

Bloodlust, shames our kind
Words of grief are hard to find,
Yet bring peace of mind.

Burma Shave

 

[Aspergirl4hire]

When you're a dentist
a bloody African trip
still won't make you brave

When you're a dentist
killing lions won't make you
the myth Hercules

This one dead lion
still better than a live dog
like that vile dentist

 

[Epicurean Pariah]

I was always taught
things came from somewhere else.
But it was in me.

 

[Aspergirl4hire]

Bitter haunted man
shooting things greater than he
won't make him bigger

Bitter little girl
no better than she should be--
no lioness she

Linked lyrical news
mocking the evil actor
burn like August heat

 

[ancusmitis]

Superconducting
Cold metallic hydrogen
Mighty heart of Jove.

 

[ancusmitis]

How I love the trees
Why this violence towards them?
Writers' dilemma

 

[ancusmitis]

Japan has given
Twitter's laconic format
Poetic forebears

 

[Aspergirl4hire]

Japan has given
Twitter's laconic format
Poetic forebears

Twitterku's suited to the ideograph; when a character's a word, the form is easy;
a Chinese woman wrote poems that could be read in six directions.

 

[watersprite]

plastic cup reflects
wobbly antique window glass
orange tainted fire smoke

 

[Epicurean Pariah]

plastic cup reflects
wobbly antique window glass
orange tainted fire smoke

kestrel, very nice. I think that the reaching into our souls and rummaging around to discover the art of evoking an emotional response make for the best haiku.

 

[ancusmitis]

plastic cup reflects
wobbly antique window glass
orange tainted fire smoke

That is very evocative. It makes me think of neglected urban neighborhoods.

 

[Mia]

Gracious island, so
wounded by catastrophe,
dignity and peace.