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Foxbat · 23rd August 2003, 08:30 PM

Anybody tried it?
I love reading it but I just don't have a poet's heart.

I gave out on loan my one and only book on the subject and never got it back. Must make an effort to get some more.
Sometimes I think about my poor abducted paperback...

For books also,
the night must be cold
so very very lonely

scifimoth · 23rd August 2003, 08:41 PM

Cat

Chinese lantern eyes,
luminous, little shadow,
moves like soft murder.

I wrote this one some time ago...most of my efforts are posted at an online poetry board. I like writing poetry..even though I am probably not that good at it...LOL

Foxbat · 23rd August 2003, 08:53 PM

Being a cat lover I have to say that 'moves like soft murder'
purrfectly describes the feline psyche ;D

scifimoth · 23rd August 2003, 09:09 PM

Thankee...it was inspired as ever by my very own LillyCat.

brian · 23rd August 2003, 10:26 PM

I agree - very good.

dwndrgn · 23rd August 2003, 11:16 PM

quietly it stalks
eight legs moving in concert
a quivering web

littlemissattitude · 24th August 2003, 08:15 AM

I love the rhythm of haiku, but I'm afraid it is beyond me to write it. Most of my poetry (and I don't write that much of it to begin with) is rather more free form than that.

scifimoth · 24th August 2003, 11:15 PM

Go ahead and post little poem...I am sure no one will mind if it isn't a haiku...

brian · 25th August 2003, 12:52 AM

A poetry thread is a very good idea.

I also find Haiku a bit too specialised to be able to write them easily. Then again, I don't do much poetry these days either. A poetry thread - go for it!

littlemissattitude · 25th August 2003, 05:53 AM

I may do so...but I'll have to go dig out my poetry notebook first. It's been awhile since I've written any poetry.

scifimoth · 26th August 2003, 04:36 PM

I agree...a poetry thread might be fun.
If you guys really want to share in my bad poetic notions I am up to the task...LOL

littlemissattitude · 27th August 2003, 08:39 AM

Still looking for the poems. I found the screenplay that I wrote several years ago in a class, and I found the hundred pages or so of the novel two friends and I were writing before all our lives got too busy to work on it. But so far the poems have eluded me.

mac1 · 11th September 2003, 01:41 AM

Moon Glowing Brightly,
Radiant, I See Your Soul,
My Dead Barren Friend.

kiwimac · 12th September 2003, 03:51 PM

Haiku is very hard to write in English. The language does not easily lend itself to the technical metre of it as Japanese does. Having said that, I love Haiku!

Here is one of my better attempts

Winter sun rises
Frosted ground thaws, melts
Ah! Bright birds in a bitter sky.

Kiwimac

I, Brian · 12th September 2003, 04:03 PM

Ooh! I see why people like Haiku's - we've got some nice ones already.

Certainly good for evocative peices.

23rd August 2003, 08:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Foxbat Haggis Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,353	Haiku Anybody tried it? I love reading it but I just don't have a poet's heart. I gave out on loan my one and only book on the subject and never got it back. Must make an effort to get some more. Sometimes I think about my poor abducted paperback... For books also, the night must be cold so very very lonely

23rd August 2003, 08:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
scifimoth Deity of Random Weirdness Join Date: May 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 201	Re:Haiku Cat Chinese lantern eyes, luminous, little shadow, moves like soft murder. I wrote this one some time ago...most of my efforts are posted at an online poetry board. I like writing poetry..even though I am probably not that good at it...LOL

23rd August 2003, 08:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
Foxbat Haggis Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,353	Re:Haiku Being a cat lover I have to say that 'moves like soft murder' purrfectly describes the feline psyche ;D

23rd August 2003, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
scifimoth Deity of Random Weirdness Join Date: May 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 201	Re:Haiku Thankee...it was inspired as ever by my very own LillyCat.

23rd August 2003, 10:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 960	Re:Haiku I agree - very good.

23rd August 2003, 11:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
dwndrgn Fierce Vowelless One Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 3,663	Re:Haiku quietly it stalks eight legs moving in concert a quivering web

24th August 2003, 08:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
littlemissattitude Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,342	Re:Haiku I love the rhythm of haiku, but I'm afraid it is beyond me to write it. Most of my poetry (and I don't write that much of it to begin with) is rather more free form than that.

24th August 2003, 11:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
scifimoth Deity of Random Weirdness Join Date: May 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 201	Re:Haiku Go ahead and post little poem...I am sure no one will mind if it isn't a haiku...

25th August 2003, 12:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
brian Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 960	Re:Haiku A poetry thread is a very good idea. I also find Haiku a bit too specialised to be able to write them easily. Then again, I don't do much poetry these days either. A poetry thread - go for it!

25th August 2003, 05:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
littlemissattitude Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,342	Re:Haiku I may do so...but I'll have to go dig out my poetry notebook first. It's been awhile since I've written any poetry.

26th August 2003, 04:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
scifimoth Deity of Random Weirdness Join Date: May 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 201	Re:Haiku I agree...a poetry thread might be fun. If you guys really want to share in my bad poetic notions I am up to the task...LOL

27th August 2003, 08:39 AM	#12 (permalink)
littlemissattitude Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,342	Re:Haiku Still looking for the poems. I found the screenplay that I wrote several years ago in a class, and I found the hundred pages or so of the novel two friends and I were writing before all our lives got too busy to work on it. But so far the poems have eluded me.

11th September 2003, 01:41 AM	#13 (permalink)
mac1 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK: ENGLAND: Posts: 567	Re:Haiku Moon Glowing Brightly, Radiant, I See Your Soul, My Dead Barren Friend.

12th September 2003, 03:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
kiwimac Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 39	Haiku is very hard to write in English. The language does not easily lend itself to the technical metre of it as Japanese does. Having said that, I love Haiku! Here is one of my better attempts Winter sun rises Frosted ground thaws, melts Ah! Bright birds in a bitter sky. Kiwimac

12th September 2003, 04:03 PM	#15 (permalink)
I, Brian Admin and Tea-boy Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND: Posts: 5,372	Ooh! I see why people like Haiku's - we've got some nice ones already. Certainly good for evocative peices.

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