Thursday, March 25, 2010

On the Haiku

As I consider the haiku
I find little of worth.
Writing one needs no IQ--
Can be done by any on Earth.
There's no deep ideas,
Nothing of great thought.
Don't worry about speeches,
For syllables you have naught.
Seventeen sounds are joined
In three quite short lines.
Short sayings may be coined
As you describe old pines.
People will likely remember
"Haikus are easy
But they don't always make sense
Refridgerator."
Haikus, you win the moment,
But true poetry is patient.

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