Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Haiku

The haiku is one of the few poetic forms I actually enjoy writing in. I often wonder why that is, and the only suitable reason I come to is that there are just three simple rules to constructing one (in English). For enjoying writing in the form, I'm surprised I only have two haikus saved.
This first one is the most recent, I believe. I was sitting in my car as the windows fogged up and I had no pen or paper. So, I improvised. I wrote this haiku on the window in its own fog.

Writing fades away
When written on fogged windows
I too, fade away

This second haiku was written in July of 2010 and, as the name suggests, it was written on a whim. And I did time myself.

Five Minute Haiku

Sitting here waiting
for nothing but everything
oh, restless evenings

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