Haikus

[Hoshino]

Write a Haiku.

Spoiler: If you don't know how to write a haiku

Classic structure (In English):​

1. Consists of: Three lines.
2. Uses a syllabus pattern of: 5 - 7 - 5 (It can be longer than that)
3. Main thing to focus on: A seasonal word (kigo) or a natural image, and a “cut” or pause (kireji) that creates contrast or surprise.

Steps:

1. Pick one clear image or moment (a pond, a street at night, a sudden wind).
2. Put the strongest sensory detail first (sound, sight, smell).
3. Create a small shift or contrast between lines (that’s your “cut”).
4. Count syllables if you want the 5 - 7- 5 form
5. Keep language concrete, show, don’t explain feelings.

Do keep note that:

• Clap or tap for each vowel sound: “sad” = 1, “lanterns” = 2 (lan-terns).
• Silent e at the end of a word usually doesn’t count (“make” = 1).
• English haiku often bend the 5 - 7 - 5 rule for natural phrasing, meaning capture the moment first, rules second.

Examples:​

□ On a branch
floating downriver
a cricket, singing.



□ old pond
frog leaps in
water's sound

I'm going to start with-nya:

I saw him at dusk
talking softly to the wind
I knew nothing more

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Reminder that "show me your butthole" is exactly 5 syllables for if you ever get stumped during a haiku battle.

 

[JayMark]

Stars peek at the moon
Icy wind blows the fall leaves
Show me your butthole

 

[Anonjohn20]

Ink-stained fingers tremble
Moonlit pages whisper back
Sleep forgets his name

 

[JayMark]

Stars gaze at the moon
Cool wind blows the dry leaves
Show me your soul bud

 

[Our_Lady_in_Twilight]

a delicious steak
roast upon a charcoal grill
seasoning to taste

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

Pumpkins and turkeys
And snowmen and trees, oh my!
Holidays are here!

 

[Anonjohn20]

Pumpkins and turkeys
And snowmen and trees, oh my!
Holidays are here!

Turkey carved, plates cleared;
doors shatter at midnight chime,
gratitude on sale.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

I looked at the clouds
I imagined two big mounds
Gotta love puddings

 

[Maelstrom556]

Let's mix some cultures here:

Four legs at the dawn
Followed by two, three at dusk
What the hell am I?

 

[JayMark]

a delicious steak
roast upon a charcoal grill
seasoning to taste

Bovine Spongiform
I have encephalitis
You're going to die

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Let's mix some cultures here:

Four legs at the dawn
Followed by two, three at dusk
What the hell am I?

A person. They crawl on 4 legs when they are a baby(at their dawn), they walk on 2 as an adult, and use a 3rd(cane) as an old person(dusk of their life).

 

[Fairemont]

I've never been the type
To pen Haikus or poems
Send bobs and vagene

 

[Maelstrom556]

A person. They crawl on 4 legs when they are a baby(at their dawn), they walk on 2 as an adult, and use a 3rd(cane) as an old person(dusk of their life).

That is incorrect
Right answer, but wrong format
Write it in haiku

 

[Representing_Tromba]

That is incorrect
Right answer, but wrong format
Write it in haiku

It is a person,
A baby, then an adult,
Lastly old with cane

 

[LeilaniOtter]

My cat is too fat.
She cannot lick her own butt.
That's fine. Me neither. ?

 

[Maelstrom556]

Fizzy from the tap
Scratch one, heavy on the hail
Draw one from the South