Haiku

be a friend
suspicious entertainment
clear daylight


@O.I: quick quick slow

Hahahaha

"What's this for?"
Says the carpenter
As he saws it off.
—Anon. senryu
[Blyth, op. cit., Senryu, p. 52]

Amaryn, I'm watching Imagine that, translating spanish text and reading haiku - how did I beat you?

don't forget
the clear daylight
in this dark

When two poems have been posted more or less simultanously with the same starting line, I try to combine them That way both threads get picked up and woven into this neverending story.

great idea that one too, O.I! You really know how to blow wind into the sail of this ship! Well, it won't sink,or what, Viva?

3 actions at the same time?? Brilliant way to avoid schizophrenia Viva! you easily beat me,lol

I'm slipping more and more into that, too; I used to focus on one thing at a time for hours and hours. These days, I do better if I do at least two things simultaneously, and I think it's due to more stress, lower stress tolerance and overall poorer concentration. For instance, I listen to audiobooks and various interesting talks (a lot of Christopher Hitchens lately, Michio Kaku, Stephen Fry, a few dozen TED talks etc.) while playing strategy games. Somehow it's easier than simply listening. The other day, I listened through Ender's Game in a single day while finishing several rounds of Heroes of Might & Magic III. That didn't use to be the case... I'm getting old

Are you guys implying that I have an old soul? I'll have you know I'm watching How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days for the 600th time. Tis the season to be jolly

...more like 'tis the season to be silly

heaven whimpers
godless
go to hell

* * *

do I suggest
to you
a touch of death?

Viva & O.I: don't worry: I was reading Maigret (in French), cooking and thinking of the next haiku as well

I hope there's a woman involved, amaryn; I say, never cook unless there's a woman involved!

In this dark
set apart, distinct
gleaming star

And they lived happily ever after. Next.

Out of curiosity, what does a womanless man live off?

Müsli, fruits and salads. I suppose the well-to-do ones eat out.

gleaming star
concealing
gleaming stars

Abomination
the last tear has dropped
may we rest in hell

Those haiku are making me laugh. My ego is feeling bruised. I thought I was funny.

The Japanese ones? A truly superb sense of humour, I've been chuckling at them as well I mean, how do you compose something like this:

Letting rip a fart -
It doesn't make you laugh
When you live alone.
—Anon. senryu
[Ibid., p. 137]

All of them. Do I have to like study humour or something to come up with something like that?

"She may have only one eye
But it's a pretty one,"
Says the go-between.

—Anon. senryu
[Ibid., p. 134]

See, if I wrote this, I would think I was being silly. But it made me laugh.

Picking up the grapes
So gently,
She asks the price.

—Anon. senryu
[Ibid., p. 21]

They probably spent months thinking up every single one. Not writing fifteen a night like some Reading lots ought to help, generally speaking.

Originally Posted by OrchestraInside

They probably spent months thinking up every single one. Not writing fifteen a night like some Reading lots ought to help, generally speaking.

Touché. See you in a few months