A very, very short sonnet Posted on September 18, 2013 by Mikels Skele A haiku this ain’t Even though the syllables Tumble properly Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print Like Loading... Related
Having been masticated and expectorated by sonnet purists, I won’t even go near a haiku, which is why this pushes all my laugh buttons. Reply ↓
This came as a result of reading all about whether or not to count syllables in haiku, what counts as haiku, etc., etc. I’m an inveterate counter of syllables when I write haiku, but I don’t care if others are. Reply ↓
Having been masticated and expectorated by sonnet purists, I won’t even go near a haiku, which is why this pushes all my laugh buttons.
This came as a result of reading all about whether or not to count syllables in haiku, what counts as haiku, etc., etc. I’m an inveterate counter of syllables when I write haiku, but I don’t care if others are.
ha ha – methinks you stumbled onto how haiku was born
Was it too wordy?
Paul, I can tell you’ve been there too. 😉
ROFLing great! 🙂