Semi-Traditional Haiku Verse
with adherence to the syllabic
requirement of Traditional style.
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Contemporary Haiku with the (5 - 7- 5)
syllabic requirement of Traditional Haiku...
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Okay, so thuh' Irish Catholic wanted to 'ave
a wee bit 'o folly on this October ev'ntide...
Not that any uv' this blarney verse 'as any
to-do with either Saints Brigit or Patrick,
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Traditional Zen style Haiku,
Nature themed and in full ad-
herence to syllabic requirement.
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Obstacles were meant to cross our paths
and front us...
For if that weren't so, there would be no
need for challenge...
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I am shivering cold
by chemical means,
from Conflict's fall,
through betrayals root,
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So addicted to transfiguration
th' arteries are slowly cracking
fr'm th' bursting of liquid steel
until breath becomes laboured
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Heard him shout- from th' poisoned cockles of his diaphragm:
'I'm th' Skull of Hells dominion, watch my eyes read your mind.
Red blindness will engulf you like th' scorch of Sun's eclipse
While 'Apollyon' fawns erotically...'tween Moon and Saturn.
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A Modern-Contemporary Haiku with the
syllabic requirement of Traditional
Haiku, along with a wee bit o' humor?
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As I walk alone in a world all my own-
I ponder the paths that have crossed my way;
A doctor, a plumber, a proctor, a drummer,
So many miles of dreams have passed my way.
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