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Fractured Haiku/Senryu

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Fractured Haiku/Senryu

A place for those addicted to 5/7/5 or a more cynical, darkly funny version...Come get your fix.

Members: 76
Latest Activity: Mar 16

Format

The format is simple: three lines of verse with 5/7/5 syllables, respectively.
Haiku, traditionally, must include at least one image of nature, a seasonal reference, a "cutting word" that acts as a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation of two juxaposed images, and no punctuation or similes; senryu is generally about human foibles. There are more rules to be found in the links below, if you're a purist...but WE BREAK MOST OF THE RULES HERE.

Each new discussion should act as a topic for haiku/senryu from the whole group. So, for example, the discussion "Joy" is a place to write about whatever lifts your spirits or puts a smile on your face. Sometimes, the author of a discussion may have particular criteria for what you are to write; for instance, he or she may ask that you use a specific word or words in your haiku/senryu. So be sure to read the author's instructions.

Everyone is free to post a new discussion...and please do. The more topics, the better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senry%C5%AB

Discussion Forum

Lovers 427 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Mar 16.

Valentines 31 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Feb 8.

The New Year/Hogmanay 50 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Jan 14.

Holiday Wishes 82 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by metub4 Dec 31, 2023.

Winter 81 Replies

Started by Quinn. Last reply by Angharad Dec 22, 2023.

Confusion 11 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Dec 22, 2023.

Thanks Giving 41 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Nov 23, 2023.

Autumn 12 Replies

Started by Quinn. Last reply by Angharad Oct 31, 2023.

Halloween 41 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Oct 31, 2023.

July 4th 40 Replies

Started by metub4. Last reply by Angharad Jul 4, 2023.

Father's Day 37 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Jun 18, 2023.

Memorial Day 39 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad May 29, 2023.

Spring 68 Replies

Started by d's girl. Last reply by Angharad May 15, 2023.

Mothers 36 Replies

Started by Scott Williamson. Last reply by Angharad May 14, 2023.

May Day/Beltain 4 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad May 2, 2023.

Veterans Day 9 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Nov 11, 2022.

Children 67 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Oct 25, 2022.

Labor Day 21 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by Angharad Sep 3, 2022.

Mindfulness 109 Replies

Started by PartTimeBrewer. Last reply by Angharad Dec 6, 2021.

Loss 25 Replies

Started by Angharad. Last reply by BellaG Jul 15, 2021.

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Comment by PartTimeBrewer on August 18, 2018 at 12:28pm

I just haven't taken the time yet to go thru all the discussions

I really find it odd and ironic that I am writing in the genre of poetry. Reading poetry usually leaves me frustrated and feeling "why don't they just come out and say what they mean" Any effort to write it comes out like a science treatise set to rhyme and metre. And I'm cranky that the form prevents me from saying what I mean in a direct fashion. I really think it's a sign of mild Asbergers.

However Haikus may be different. The form seems to force a simple directness with a sensory experience. Just what I am trying to achieve with mindfulness.

Comment by Angharad on August 18, 2018 at 10:25am

Ah, PTB! I didn't see you here. 

Thank you for your evocative haiku!

It's too good to be overlooked. Next time you post (and PLEASE post more), would you click on "view all" and find (or create) a discussion that fits and post it there? (Like, the discussion "Summer" would have been good for this one.) Haiku posted on the comment wall are easy to overlook and eventually scroll away to oblivion. 

Comment by PartTimeBrewer on August 18, 2018 at 5:44am

Dawn creeping thru oaks

Cardinals courting their mates

Oh look a squirrel

Comment by metub4 on March 14, 2016 at 6:31am

Yes, today's Pi Day

That is 3.14.16  (3.1459 rounded)

numbers are fun too !

Comment by metub4 on January 18, 2016 at 6:46am

Martin Luther King

champion of civil rights

equal one and all

Comment by Doga Seven48 on January 17, 2015 at 8:37am

Thank you Angharad for the welcome.

Comment by Doga Seven48 on January 17, 2015 at 8:36am

Thank you, mutb4 for the welcome, 2 days ago, my wife & I came back home to Istanbul, after six weeks of long visit to India, such great country full of culture and history, diffrent places and colorful people with many many believes, such warm sunny there , wow Goa, and Cochin 30-35C.

Now it is cold and snowing, below zero celsius. 

Comment by Angharad on January 16, 2015 at 10:01pm

Welcome Doga Seven48!

Jump right in and have fun. There are a gazillion discussion topics as prompts (be sure to click "view all"), and if you don't see a discussion you like, start a new one!

exotic turkey...
I look forward to reading
istanbul haiku

Comment by Angharad on January 16, 2015 at 8:54pm

I agree, BellaG!

If you post in one of the discussions, your haiku won't eventually disappear from the front page, and we can write and comment directly to it. Be sure to click on "view all" because there are MANY more discussions than show on this page. And, if you don't see one you like, please start a new one. That would be exciting!

XOXOXOXOXOX

 

Comment by metub4 on January 16, 2015 at 7:22am

Greetings BellaG.  check out some of the discussions above............

 

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