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bif

(25,584 posts)
Tue May 6, 2025, 12:22 PM May 6

I just started writing Haikus

I've never been into poetry, per se, but this form of it intrigues me. So a couple weeks ago I started writing it. I love the way it's so concise and disciplined. Here's my latest:

Dreams

Slipping into sleep
A world of magic awaits
So real, so fleeting

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I just started writing Haikus (Original Post) bif May 6 OP
especially NJCher May 6 #1
To reduce one's thoughts / to seventeen syllables / unblock May 6 #2
Good one! bif May 6 #3
Why not introduce fractions into haikus? Brother Buzz May 6 #6
Nicely done, Bif! SheltieLover May 6 #4
My first haiku i did in elementary school. It ended applegrove May 6 #5
Did you realize we have a poetry forum? Wounded Bear May 6 #7
Thanks bif May 6 #9
Spam Haiku Marthe48 May 6 #8

Brother Buzz

(38,484 posts)
6. Why not introduce fractions into haikus?
Tue May 6, 2025, 04:53 PM
May 6

“No Trespassing. 4/17 of a Haiku.” ― Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America

applegrove

(126,190 posts)
5. My first haiku i did in elementary school. It ended
Tue May 6, 2025, 04:17 PM
May 6

with "I paddle away". It stuck with me. I can't remember anything else about that haiku. On the rare occasions I write haiku since I always end them with "I paddle away".

Wounded Bear

(62,057 posts)
7. Did you realize we have a poetry forum?
Tue May 6, 2025, 06:21 PM
May 6
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1199

Not that it is wrong for you to publish here, but it's available and fairly active. You might get some helpful hints or critiques.

bif

(25,584 posts)
9. Thanks
Tue May 6, 2025, 09:28 PM
May 6

I did know about it and have posted there a couple times. Thought I'd share one here as well.

Marthe48

(20,716 posts)
8. Spam Haiku
Tue May 6, 2025, 07:46 PM
May 6

Found its site online
Exists now and forever
The link is below:

https://web.mit.edu/jync/www/spam/



PS. I like your haiku, embodies the spirit of the form
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