Haiku Musings For Quiet Contemplation

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

I enjoy the challenge of writing haiku. It's not an overly taxing exercise for me, just challenging enough. Haiku is an unrhymed poem of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. The haiku first emerged in Japanese literature during the 17th century. Traditionally, the subject had to be the seasons, time of day, the dominant features of landscapes, nature, etc.

Today the term haiku is used to describe all poems that use the three-line 17-syllable structure. Haiku is still an art of expressing much and suggesting more in the fewest possible words. They generally do not have titles but some of mine do. I really feel that titles disturb their simplicity so I try not to add them.

Please share your HAIKU. Only 5-7-5 is welcome here. Thank you.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

Birds do travel far.

And never a thought have they.

They just fly away.

 

[Pepper]

The sun is shining
The sky is the clearest blue
I need this, Thank You.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Life, a mystery,
That is unable to be solved.
Oh well, tough cookies.

 

[That Lady in PA]

Haikus are so hard!
I am a lousy poet.
But at least I tried.

 

[Pepper]

When skies are cloudy
Our star is always shining
But I can't see sun

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

IN THE COUNTRY


The town leads to woods.

Woods give way to countryside.

Everything spreads out.

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The pic is a folk art watercolor painting that I did.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

FORGIVENESS


The brook is babbling,

Let it go. Let it go now.

Water under bridge.


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The pic is one of my watercolor paintings called Meandering.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

That is unable to be solved.

2nd line long. Only 5-7-5 please. Let's see a rewrite. You can do it!

I am a lousy poet.

2nd line short. Only 5-7-5 please. Let's see a rewrite. You can do it!

 

[That Lady in PA]

2nd line short. Only 5-7-5 please. Let's see a rewrite. You can do it!

????

No rewrite necessary!


I
am
a
lou-
-sy
po-
et.


How do you figure I am wrong?

 

[Pepper]

Yes five seven five
That is the rule of Haiku
Easy to follow.

 

[Paco Dennis]

Life, a mystery,
That is unable to be solved.
Oh well, tough cookies.

Life is a mystery,
And unable to solved.
Oh well, tough cookies.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

????

No rewrite necessary!


I
am
a
lou-
-sy
po-
et.


How do you figure I am wrong?

In my thread description, I said, Please share your HAIKU. Only 5-7-5 is welcome here. Thank you.

 

[Pepper]

Deliberately
Disparaging all the rules
Haiku is easy

 

[Pepper]

Rebel without cause
Instruct your mind to do it
Haiku is soothing

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

Life is a mystery,
And unable to solved.
Oh well, tough cookies.

Thanks for sharing your rewrite. Now you're at 6-7-5.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

Yes five seven five
That is the rule of Haiku
Easy to follow.

Thanks! Actually, Haiku today is embraced in other meters but for this thread, I asked for the traditional 5-7-5.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

Deliberately
Disparaging all the rules
Haiku is easy

Rebel without cause
Instruct your mind to do it
Haiku is soothing

These are wonderful! Encouraging, motivating and instructional Haiku.

 

[Elsie]

I wait, so hungry.
A knock, at last he is here,
Hands me my pizza.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

You are welcome to post your Haiku here. If you post a poem that is not in the format of 5-7-5 syllables (5 in the first line, 7 in the second line, 5 in the third line), I will comment that it is not and ask for a rewrite. I hope you see my comment as encouragement and a fun exercise. Don't be offended. Please don't take my comments as hateful criticism. I wish I could add this to my original post but I can't edit it now.

Here is some help with syllables:

1. A syllable is a beat of sound in a word.
2. The beat can sometimes be part of a word, or the whole word.
3. For example 'window' has two beats ('win' – 'dow') but 'door' had just one ('door').​

I took this from here, Counting Syllables, where you can get more easy help with doing this.

P.S. There are some words that are on the line, pronounced as 1 syllable or more, depending on where a person is from. They are acceptable however you want to use them.

 

[DailyArtsyCrafter]

I wait, so hungry.
A knock, at last he is here,
Hands me my pizza.

 

[Jazzy1]

I heard no music
Until the music was you
All love songs are true

 

[MarkD]

In my thread description, I said, Please share your HAIKU. Only 5-7-5 is welcome here. Thank you.

I wonder if we also started a secondary thread for expressing whatever you like that doesn’t conform to our thread’s intent if people would use it and if people would give it a look too?

 

[Elsie]

The weather is hot,
Thought to cool off in the lake.
But it too is hot.

 

[MarkD]

With a loving wife,
A garden, and good dog
What more do I need?

Not sure if one sentence can run through 2 or more lines like that?