Haiku time!

[Telrao she/her]

All right, my humans

You know what to do! Today

We shall make Haikus!

 

Use this form only:

Beats of five, seven and five

Haikus are the best!

 

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You may only speak out of Haiku form while using quote boxes. If you speak normally without Haiku form, you will be sacrificed to Haikunas, the Shard of Haikus.

If you are confused how to make a Haiku, it is rather simple.

Haikus follow a simple form: 

The first line: five beats

The second line: seven beats

The third line: five beats.

The beats are syllables - you can count them by mouthing the words, holding your hand to your chin. The number of times your chin goes down, that is the number of syllables. Don't worry if it doesn't rhyme - haikus are more focused on the rhythm of the lines.

Have fun!

 

[Immortal Platypus]

yay! I love this thread.

Have a good haiku time ya'll.

I love haikus lots.

[Mr. Misting he/him]

A space for poems

Condensed thought in syllables

Finding more in less

 

Dang, I love haikus

Wrote twenty-four the other

Day. It is much fun

[Immortal Platypus]

please kindly avoid

leaving thoughts to get cut off

by your newest line.

[Mr. Misting he/him]

45 minutes ago, Ookla the platypus said:

please kindly avoid

leaving thoughts to get cut off

by your newest line.

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Your entire haiku was just one sentence in the form of a poem. If your poem is one continuous thought, then I feel justified in breaking protocol and using punctuation. Yes I knew that standard form doesn't like having a thought continue through lines. But I thought sharing the fact that I had, as of the last week, written 24 haikus for fun seemed relevant enough to bend the rules. I know its a cardinal sin it is fun to shake things up.

Expert at their trade

Honed skill from poem after poem

The Haiku Master

Edited December 2, 2022 by Ookla the Kobold

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Cutting off my thoughts?

Never would I commit such

a horrendous crime

 

Edit: wait no that was actually good storm it

Edited December 2, 2022 by Ookla the Omniscient

[Immortal Platypus]

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sorry, i was joking, that was an attempt, it's hard to convey without talking.

 

[Mr. Misting he/him]

1 minute ago, Ookla the platypus said:

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sorry, i was joking, that was an attempt, it's hard to convey without talking.

 

Not any hard feelings

Apology accepted

Just having some fun

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

the first line is five

the second is a seven

the last is five too

[Immortal Platypus]

Indeed, it's that way

Haikus are quite fun to write

'Cause they are simple

[Edema Rue she/her]

Some people are trash

Ooklas deserve lots of cash

some trees are called ash oak.

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

I make good haikus

I find it quite fun to do

I want to make more.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

How hard would it be

to have a conversation

completely like this?

[Mr. Misting he/him]

*Shrugs* Not very hard

I think it would be much fun

Probably could do it

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

I have a challenge.

Till' new years, just post haikus

In non-roleplay threads.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Haikus are fun, right?

They are quite simple

They are so much fun

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

1 minute ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

Haikus are fun, right?

They are quite simple

They are so much fun

Not quite a haiku

The middle should have seven

Yours only has five

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

3 minutes ago, Ookla the Nerdy said:

Not quite a haiku

The middle should have seven

Yours only has five

I see my haiku

apparently it was wrong

perhaps I should change it.

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

Just now, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

I see my haiku

apparently it was wrong

perhaps I should change it.

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You have six instead of five in line three there.

Does anyone want

To do my haiku challenge?

See my above post.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Nerdy said:

Does anyone want

To do my haiku challenge?

See my above post.

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no, that's seven. "a-par-ent-ly it was wrong"

 

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

2 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

 

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perhaps I should change it has 6 syllables

 

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Nerdy said:

 

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I was reading the wrong thing-

stormit.

ah well.

 

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Haikus are quite cool

I haven't written many

But I try my best

[Shining Silhouette he/him]

Here is a poem

Of haikus I wrote before

I hope you enjoy

  

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I ponder alone

At the brink of consciousness

Embracing the night

 

I contemplate life

Considering sanity

Rough reality

 

I think about words

Purest colors, warm and cool

Painted on voices

 

I listen, hearing

Sounds, strange and mysterious

Elegant and coarse

 

Grim thoughts invade my

Peace, surrounding me, snarling

At my weaknesses

 

I’m frightened, caught off

Balance. My demons laugh at

Me, my failures

 

I’m trapped in myself

Memories echo inside

It’s overwhelming

 

I clutch onto hope

Wrenching myself towards the light

Bright, pleasant and warm

 

I remember smiles

My friends laughing together

Jovial and free

 

My family’s love 

Unconditional support 

Helps heal the broken

 

I realize the truth

Life is either joy or gloom

We decide which one

 

Tomorrow is hope

It’s the sun rising once more

Bringing a new dawn

 

As my breath rises

And falls with every puff

I lie silently

 

Waiting for the night 

To take me upon its wings

Out of consciousness 

 

[Telrao she/her]

22 hours ago, Ookla the Debonair said:

Here is a poem

Of haikus I wrote before

I hope you enjoy

Wow, Silho! That was

Amazing! It took me to

so many places.

 

All the emotions

Whirl around my brain, and I

Feel something deeper