Haiku Challenge! Discussion Thread

[Dan Jones]

I hear calls for more,
But the sweet broth of Haiku
Can be overspiced.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

Never in my life
Have I got too much haiku
Always room for more

 

[Dan Jones]

Me? Oppenheimer?
Become destroyer of worlds?
My weapon, Haiku.

 

[Vladd67]

A Haiku written Friday the 13th
Today, Paris cries
We share her grief and sorrow,
She will smile again.

 

[Alex The G and T]

No, actually
There is no trouble at home
Weird flashback that's all.

 

[Alex The G and T]

All of which reminds me of a time in the distant past; once upon the long defunct Asimov's forum....

The challenge that arose at the time was to write a palindromic haiku. Assorted efforts were posited for line by line palindromes.

I, alone, assumed the seemingly hopeless challenge of writing an haiku, originally palindromic from bottom to top.

Hours and days of wasted brainpower resulted in two presentations. Each requiring a bit of a stretch, I must admit.

I saw no god, Kook
Snip part. Deified trappin's
Kook! Dog! On was I

Or

I saw no dog, kook
Lodi, deified idol
Kook god, "On" was I


It was after the fact when research revealed that I had been channeling the kook god On; before I knew who it was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_(Japanese_prosody)

 

[Mr Orange]

and now for something completely different, from another thread

no plaice for haiku
flounder for more fish jokes. why?
for the halibut

(sorry )

 

[Luiglin]

It is not often
That I reply to odd posts
Though this tweaked my sole

 

[Vladd67]

Christmas Shopping
Christmas shopping, sigh
The crowds are large, the prices high
Next year Organise!

 

[Harpo]

I'm a big fan of
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam! Spam!

 

[Mr Orange]

i'm a lumberjack
and i'm okay, sleep all night
and i work all day

 

[Dan Jones]

Oh very good, Mr O

 

[johnnyjet]

Not really a poet, but... I'm in!

Oops, should comment in haiku:

Though not a poet
Johnny made his best effort
Then he slinks away

 

[Luiglin]

Not really a poet

I'm not a lover of prose. Most I find a chore to read and my attempts at writing the stuff has always been awfully clumsy.

Yet, I love doing haiku's. I've even had four published in a Canadian writers magazine a long time ago. They may not be the best but I've always thoroughly enjoyed creating them.

 

[Glen]

Let's talk Haiku!

Thanks for setting up

Allow multiple entries,
Vote for best by name.

That makes poll set up quicker.

Got to love a challenge that makes me count on my fingers

Me too, on the train.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

This feels like it should be a general update thread with Haikus capturing our mood. Like:

Money risked; gambled
Impoverished author, me
Light dawns - magical.

 

[hopewrites]

good one Ti

 

[TitaniumTi]

Thanks, Hopewrites.

Cold? Even the thought
Is totally absurdist.
I'm pleased to have pleased.

 

[hopewrites]

Cold is my second greatest foe. Tolerable to one end only, the destruction of my arch-nemesis! *evil laugh*

*serious face* but seriously, they started the enmity between us, and have been felled by cold for far longer than I've existed, so I don't know why I feel as though the cold is doing me any favors...

 

[hopewrites]

Just a few hrs left *squeeeeee*