Sunday, April 16, 2006

Haiku Defined

Listen up.

Here is the most popular definition of Haiku and the officially accepted Turnipblog definition of Haiku.

Haiku

A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.


So, here goes:

Get off of my ass
I know two Japanese words
"Haiku", "Ku-ba-say"


Ku-ba-say(link)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would recommend the Beavis and Butthead episode in which their hippie teacher gives a Haiku lesson as a good tutorial.

Anonymous said...

I wrote one, once. See if you can determine the inspiration.

Crested Butte Haiku (the pot makes you high, when you smoke it)

Trails, powder dusted
Buds, all crystal-encrusted
Soothe my savage soul

BB
Crested Butte, CO 2005