Fun Haiku

[Pyan]

Everything seems bright
but all too soon it will come
Sunday afternoon

but in the meantime
dum vivamus, vivamus
We live: let us live!

(a Latin haiku - there must be turning in graves!)

 

[ice.monkey]

early spring has come
buds on trees and flowers bloom
never enough snow!

 

[Talysia]

A latin haiku?
There is nothing wrong with that.
It fits in quite well.


I don't know latin,
but I can try to do one
in poor Japanese.

(I say poor, because I'm still learning it. There's bound to be a couple of things wrong with it!)

 

[Talysia]

Yoru ni naru.
Sora wa miemasu ka?
Hoshi wa kirei.

(Very roughly translated)

Nighttime has fallen.
So, can you see the sky? Hmm?
The stars are pretty.

(Note - I added the "So" and the "Hmm" to the translation, for no other reason than to make it read better as a haiku.)

Please feel free to correct me! (Bows humbly)

 

[Pyan]

Hah! I am impressed, Talysia-dono! *bows*

 

[ice.monkey]

(Bows humbly)

bows respectfully
it's all japanese to me!
how could I correct?

 

[Talysia]

I'm sure that someone
will correct my mistakes, but
please don't be too harsh!

(Still, it wasn't too bad for a first try. Thanks, Pyan and Ice!)

 

[Pyan]

To even attempt
to write it: we honour you;
you have gained much rei

 

[Talysia]

I'll stick to English
for now. I don't want to be
seen as showing off.


A soft, gentle breeze
Touches my face, and I look
up into the sky.

 

[ice.monkey]

overcast heaven
grey, sombre, and unmoving
I'm at odds with it

 

[Pyan]

I'll stick to English
for now. I don't want to be
seen as showing off.

We sit at your feet
our ears strain to catch ev'ry word
that drops from your lips

We are not worthy
to follow such a sensei
Teach us, Talysia!

(only joking, Talysia!)

 

[Talysia]

Oh my, such teasing.
But it's no worse, I suppose,
than one in latin.

(By the way, the latin part was very impressive!)

Deep in thawing soil,
seeds sense the change of season
and put forth their shoots.

 

[ice.monkey]

I wrote a story-
Nim. In critique. No response.
This is shameless plug.

 

[Pyan]

I like the haiku
that speak of Nature's changes:
back to simpler times

 

[Pyan]

Shameless, Ice Monkey?
You must blow your own trumpet
'Coz no-one else will!

 

[ice.monkey]

It's a sad, sad world
how cynical we become
Sigh! apathy rules...

 

[Pyan]

Apathy rules, yes,
can't even be bothered to
finish this off.....



p)

 

[ice.monkey]

Ha Ha! Very good.
So would that be just a Haik
Opposed to Haiku?

 

[Pyan]

thank you. ice monkey;
probably a major crime
to bypass the form!

 

[scalem X]

actually not
Even the greatest did this
preserving content