tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099840.post7001783727355175162..comments2023-11-05T01:28:32.724-06:00Comments on Human Under Construction: Refrigerator HaikuJen Jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02026293111477563651noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099840.post-57718299541643361322011-04-28T08:53:33.670-05:002011-04-28T08:53:33.670-05:00It's very funny, but not sure I'd want to ...It's very funny, but not sure I'd want to read it several hundred times like a bone fide haiku.<br /><br />I do like it, but anyone who says Haikus [sic] or haikus [sic] will not probably be into haiku. <br /><br />Haiku is singular and plural in Japanese, just as sheep is in English. <br /><br />Now it would be funny if everyone here insisted on writing and saying sheeps [sic] for the rest of the year. ;-)<br /><br />And don't get me started on the urban myth that any old thing, however bad, is haiku (or haikus [sic]) if done in seventeen syllables. The Japanese language doesn't have alphabet and syllable systems, and are read out in 3-6 seconds flat with kire; kireji; and often kigo.<br /><br />snowing<br />through the blizzard<br />particles of me<br /><br />Alan Summers<br />Competition winner for international Haiku Calendar.<br /><br />On exceptions it's possible to do a seventeen syllable English-language haiku, but only rarely e.g.<br /><br />another hot day<br />a leaking water pipe stopped<br />by the jackdaw’s beak<br /><br />Alan Summers<br />Award credits:<br />Honourable Mention, 14th Mainichi Haiku Contest (Japan, 2010)<br /><br />I could still successfully edit it down to a normal haiku e.g.<br /><br />another hot day<br />the jackdaw’s beak<br />stops a leak <br /><br />Most haiku are 10-12 syllables to compare with the shortness and brevity of a 17-on Japanese haiku.<br /><br />"on" is a system to count units in the Japanese language systems.<br /><br />Here's a fun senryu which are like haiku in shortness, but don't usually contain kigo or kire, or kireji:<br /><br />unsettling<br />my wife's face exercises<br />in the train carriage<br /><br /><br />Alan Summers<br />Publications credits: 3Lights Issue 1 (Winter 2010)Area 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099840.post-80959314924574557552011-02-04T08:56:43.372-06:002011-02-04T08:56:43.372-06:00Bullshit
It's the most known haiku in the wor...Bullshit<br /><br />It's the most known haiku in the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099840.post-9073137621767413942010-02-12T01:42:27.434-06:002010-02-12T01:42:27.434-06:00My friend made it. I was sitting right next to him...My friend made it. I was sitting right next to him and gave suggestions :PCierahttp://ciera.namenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099840.post-60391532506240869432009-12-11T11:51:08.358-06:002009-12-11T11:51:08.358-06:00My friend claims to have created this haiku. I am ...My friend claims to have created this haiku. I am doubtful.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02959972776004219277noreply@blogger.com