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The Haiku Thread

#27
The rules are flexible, just in case there's any confusion. You are allowed one extra syllable, in which case it's ji-amari (字余り)

I'm a traditionalist and do my Haiku straight into Japanese, and try to use season words, which is hard when you're completely ignorant of nature....translations don't follow the 5-7-5 pattern because I'm lazy :p

クモの巣や
銀に光って
チョウを待つ

kumo no su ya
gin ni hikatte
chou wo matsu

A spider's web
gleaming silver
waiting for a butterfly

庭園に
桜が咲いて
急に雪

tei-en ni
sakura ga saite
kyuu ni yuki

In the garden
cherry blossoms are blooming
suddenly, snow

I used to have more but I lost my collection. Those are the only two I remember.
 
#30
Had an argument
with guy on other forum
who said that haiku

was not real haiku
if it didn't have to do
with nature/outdoors

I told this butthead
if he ever wanted to
step outside, I'd be

all haiku up in
his ignorant pedantic
forum haiku face!
 
#38
その曲や
大阪の夜
思い出させ
（字余り）

sono kyoku ya
Osaka no yoru
omoi dasase
(ji-amari)

That tune
reminds me of
nights in Osaka
(1 syllable over)
 

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