Issa Haiku
Issa Haiku
Anyone up for some haiku this morning?
Anyone up for some haiku this morning?
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry consisting of three lines. The first and third lines have 5 syllables, while the second line has 7 syllables. Here is an example:
Look, don’t kill that fly!
It is making a prayer to you
By rubbing its hands and feet.
–Kobayashi Issa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
Here, I’ll write one to get it started:
1.
pantless, the baby
runs into the yard and she
shrieks with great loud joy
2.
the wide world is not
wide enough to contain her
most big giant smelly diaper
3.
the child cannot rest
until she has moved it all
all onto the floor
Three Haiku for Curious Said Alice
#1 Creation
Does the blade feel good
To the wood upon the lathe
Being made lovely?
#2 Diversity
“Bitter,” she whispered,
“Well-seasoned, but not to taste,”
Sprang into my mind.
#3 Us
Bipolarity-
Two worlds, two minds, one species-
A neat arrangement.
Poetry Everywhere: Robert Hass Translation of Selected Haiku by Kobayashi Issa
