Creative Writing Haiku

I'm surprised that BJP has no haiku section, considering it's origins. A haiku is a poetic verse three lines long: 5 sylables in the first verse, 7 in the second, and 5 in the final verse with the final verse related to, but not pertaining to the first two verses... At least that's what High School english teaches.

They're not too difficult and yet at the same time deliciously sublime.

A girl I know muttered something about 'glass wings' on her blog once so I went ahead and composed a few 'quick and dirty' haikus about them.


Lovely and fragile,
Your glass wings give me purpose...
Carry me away.

~

As pure as crystal
Guiding me up to your warmth,
Your Glass Wings fill me

~

Oh, how you fooled me
Your soft wings ethereal,
Were just made of glass.

~

This last one I 'cheated' on, it's a series of six strung together in a vague attempt at poetetic...ness.

"Folded against you,
your wings of glass hug your frame.
You're afraid they'll break

But open them wide,
Spread your wings like an angel.
do not be afraid.

because you will learn
those wings carry much more strength
than you imagined

And their soft beauty,
should never be tucked away.
Let them carry you.

Please give them a chance,
and let them lift you to me
where we'll be happy.

Only then, my dear
will those wings composed of glass
have filled thier purpose."

That's assuming 'ethereal' is four syllables and 'imagined' is only three syllables.

Tomato, Tomahto, BLARGH!! :dizzy2:

Someone else Haiku too!!

 

Then that is that. I thought it was strange not seeing any haiku ibberish around here.

~W

 

Something I picked up somewhere, haiku has to be related to nature in some way, no? Otherwise I believe it's called senryu?

And I fail horribly at writing these anyway. I'll see what I can do about writing up a couple.