Since there is a Hemingway Challenge, I thought I might start up one for Haikus. In case you don't know what a Haiku is, it's basically a short story/poem about something specific, with a set amount of syllables.

First Line: Five syllables, e.g.

The snow falls softly

Second Line: Seven syllables, e.g.

Silently drifting white lace

Third Line: Five syllables, e.g.

Blanketing the ground. `

They are a lot of fun, and making sentences with the right amount of syllables can be hard, hence the challenge. Give it a go! I hope you have fun experimenting with them.

Here's a classic:

Haikus are easy,
But sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.

*laughing* Awesome, Welt!

Holy Worlds is a site
For writers to sit and chat
About their writing.

Ick...

Little yellow smiles
Grin mischievously at me.
What are they thinking?

I'm going to break the silent rule and double post. *le gaspeth* Do I need an excuse? Ok, I'm bored.

Running feet action
A blur of motion and speed
Be one who plays sport.

I wrote four haikus to represent the four seasons:

Summer's heat shadowed
Wind swirling and rain falling
The thunderstorm comes

Leaves shiver and fall
Skeletal trees feel the chill
Animals hiding

Seeds sleep in the ground
On a dark and snowy night
Waiting for the sun

Birds chirp with gladness
Spring is painted emerald
Living things revived

Wow, those are really beautiful, Jonathan. Thanks for sharing!

Past the horizon
The road disappears from view
Hiding what's to come.

Thank you.


That's a powerful one.

I keep trying to write the same poem; here's one version.

Wind-child hears a song
A song that is forbidden
Turns away and weeps

I love haikus. I wrote one about my kitty once, I think.

That one says a lot of things, Vanya. Very nice.

Wow, those are really good, Shawn!

Here's a post just for Airi.

The forums are dead,
No one is posting a thing.
I just made it live.

You're so sweet

It must be catching.

Nice.

Holding the guitar
Wooden body and steel strings
The guitarist plays

Ooh, I quite like that one.

Black and white the keys,
Fingers form a sweet cadence
As soft music flows.

The sun slowly dawns,
Its cheerful face brightly shines
Upon a new day.

Thank you. I can't imagine why.


This is a good companion to it.

No idea why. *pokes signature*

Thanks.

The trees drip with rain,
Slowly dropping to the ground,
Watering new life.

These two complement each other:

Oh yeah, they do too! *can't believe she does them without meaning to*

Haikus are a form
Of Japanese poetry
As this one explains

That helps.

I'm glad.

The words start flowing
Filling the empty white page
A novel is born

Wow, that's good.

In his skillful hands,
The pencil makes a silent...
Imagination.

Or her skillful hands.

I have decided
Not to use words 'he' or 'she'
For argument's sake.

What I meant is since
You're a writer who's a "her"
It could describe you

That does not make it
Any less true, because you
Are an artist, too

I noticed that, and
It was unintentional
...now we're off topic

The policy of
The Holy Worlds forum is
To stay on topic

Major oopsie oops...
Now I've blown the policy;
*hides under a rock*



(however they do be Haikus! )

With the summer's heat
Come the slithering serpents
And a few loud booms

Baha.

Cylinders, round red;
Inserted into shotgun
Buckshot fills the air.

Interjects to say
As long as it's a Haiku
It is on topic

Thank you, Marcher Lord
It seems I am in error
Forgive me, BushMaid

Thanks, Vanya!

Thou needn't have asked,
We were doing off topic
Haiku subjects though!

I just discovered
The plural is not haikus
But instead, haiku

Oh, I didn't know that!

The plural of things
Can often be humorous;
Such as the word 'sheep'.

I... This is exactly what happened to the Hemingway thread, eh? Now I know why you two were rolling your eyes at each other in the other thread, and I think I'll join.

Here's a haiku I wrote some time ago. Someone on another forum challenged us to it. It refers to the gorgeous historic section of my town and the history behind it...

It's nice. But can you give more historical detail to enhance it?


I think this is much worse than the Hemingway thread.