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Haiku is one of the most important forms of traditional Japanese poetry. Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively.
Haiku (in English) usually appears as an unrhymed three-line verse. It should balance intense, fragmentary imagery with stress on rhythm and sound. Though it can be presented in three lines, a haiku structurally consists of two parts with a pause in between. The power behind it derives from the juxtaposition of the two images and the sense of surprise or revelation that the second image produces. A good haiku is like a good joke: the set-up, then the punch line. In the broadest sense,Haiku is about Nature. In Japan, most haiku have a season word (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, New Years) that links the poem with the vast, archetypal round of the Year of Life. Today, in place of the season word, some contemporary haiku poets use keywords that express common themes of human experience (for example, "mother"). This, however, is a matter of controversy in modern haiku. Some examples of tradition Haiku are listed below by Japanese Poet, Kobayashi Issa for you to enjoy. one man remains... blossom shade the cherry blossoms that stirred me, shade me no more through falling snow a spring breeze blows have you come to save us haiku poets? red dragonfly Please feel free to add to this thread your own haiku.. Mosaic Musings Staff ·······  ·······"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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Cleo_Serapis Haiku Aug 3 03, 16:40 
JustDaniel forests here askew
from winds twisting through;
po... Jul 2 12, 08:54 Larry plover, still plover
watching bubbles on the beach... Jul 5 12, 22:57 JustDaniel each wave brings no food
to the hungry plovers...
... Jul 6 12, 09:07 Larry a lonely pipe dream
smoke filters through the wate... Jul 7 12, 16:09 JustDaniel opium's owned us:
Popeye see'd spinach
an... Jul 8 12, 20:17 Larry amblers in the mind
experience time and space
deat... Jul 11 12, 15:24 JustDaniel death to vacuums;
pick up the area rug
and whack i... Jul 14 12, 07:56 Larry The Gnu found a home
she fancied Serengeti
it... Jul 19 12, 15:16 JustDaniel spacious on the plain --
just a few steppes west
o... Jul 20 12, 08:52 Larry Old Mississippi
lies in bed dying of thirst
no rai... Jul 26 12, 09:47 JustDaniel no rain brings murrain;
plague, anthrax, foot-and-... Jul 26 12, 12:07 Larry path of the river
winds drunkenly to the sea
betwe... Jul 30 12, 14:52 JustDaniel birth a sand bar...
solicit depositions
from attir... Jul 31 12, 10:51 Larry a torrid creek forms
geysers shed effusive tears
i... Jul 31 12, 23:53 JustDaniel transient wound
leaves a scarred memorial;
scab di... Aug 2 12, 15:43 Larry Scarabs appear
on sacred tomb amulets
dining with ... Aug 6 12, 23:38 JustDaniel downer for Pharaoh --
all his servants are stuffed... Aug 7 12, 07:48 Larry buried with ahem
reverent silence broke with
a qui... Aug 9 12, 14:05 JustDaniel quiet coughin'
interrupted his breath;
it didn... Aug 10 12, 07:38 Larry identities last
time can not obscure all things
me... Aug 19 12, 14:23 JustDaniel mammary drums
a silent breakfast beat:
come and ge... Aug 22 12, 11:19 Larry common giddyup
will make things run quicker
keepin... Sep 5 12, 22:57 JustDaniel giving you a breast
is what the doctor ordered...
... Sep 6 12, 12:06 Larry fifty were sent off
bottles crash on rocky shores
... Sep 9 12, 23:11 JustDaniel bright red messages
from the fan-leafed maple...
w... Sep 19 12, 07:19 Larry a stand of willows
leaves make ripples in the stre... Sep 29 12, 15:20 JustDaniel a chilled finger
in a black box of dry ice...
poin... Oct 2 12, 17:45 Larry points to Morpheus
for helping me go to sleep
no R... Oct 4 12, 15:16 JustDaniel no aroma found...
severed pointing finger
once mad... Nov 4 12, 09:03 Larry one is made a skink
when the lounge lizards don... Nov 6 12, 10:38 JustDaniel old witch's brew
lingers in the stale air...
f... Nov 16 12, 17:34 Larry I feel the weevil
moving when kneading the dough
o... Nov 20 12, 15:50 JustDaniel old-flower-smell baa'd
by the dyed ewe in hidi... Nov 22 12, 12:40 Larry the ram's dam is gnu
will da' beast find h... Nov 27 12, 11:19 JustDaniel further and further
the shiny speck drifts away...... Dec 1 12, 08:48 Larry Daniel,
This one was of an extremely personal natu... Dec 5 12, 11:04 JustDaniel perfumed memory
wafts from my pillow...
wakened re... Dec 7 12, 15:40 Larry weekend restfulness
fishing in a quiet stream
slee... Dec 7 12, 23:07 JustDaniel slipping on the bank
he fell right through the sky... Dec 9 12, 17:38 Larry secure It a chick
with hair and no neck to be
an A... Dec 10 12, 00:32 JustDaniel idiom's apple
an unfamiliar saying...
quite na... Dec 18 12, 14:31 Larry quiet... natural
an unfamiliar sighing
id diem sup... Dec 21 12, 12:57 JustDaniel idiot's applied
for a license to drive;
a fool... Dec 28 12, 02:55 Larry a foolish journey
begins with the first misstep
sh... Dec 30 12, 10:26 JustDaniel stork steps with long legs
keeping backward knees ... Dec 30 12, 13:28 Larry shall low fish in "G"
carry a tuna deepe... Jan 1 13, 01:33 JustDaniel a bass in the sea
is worth two in the slush;
much ... Jan 1 13, 07:04 Larry a home is much more
when filled with caring and lo... Jan 2 13, 09:28 JustDaniel house is empty
of the sun's blessings;
open th... Jan 6 13, 14:56 Larry opening the shade,
Autumn's colorful dress fal... Jan 7 13, 10:01 JustDaniel sunbeams touch its head
where the stem leaves it p... Jan 7 13, 16:45 Larry new shades for a rose
replace its heavenly scent
i... Jan 8 13, 09:42 JustDaniel lost inner tube
in a deep mud puddle;
tired no mor... Jan 8 13, 11:19 Larry it mattered no more
no one fed the electron
accele... Jan 9 13, 09:00 JustDaniel eggshell-eating dog
laps up lickety-split;
calcium... Jan 9 13, 14:18 Larry some young CAL student
majored in Chinese cuisine
... Jan 11 13, 09:17 JustDaniel noodle-for-noodle
Chinese strands get longer;
the ... Jan 11 13, 10:13 Larry scratching the tooth
depicts the mighty walrus
wit... Jan 11 13, 16:15 JustDaniel gravity wrests
youth from the rosebud;
browned pet... Jan 12 13, 10:12 Larry petals on the ground
giving color to dead lawns
ra... Jan 13 13, 09:55 JustDaniel rainbows always know
God's promises of grace:
... Jan 22 13, 14:22 Larry sunlight in the west,
ocean recedes from the shore... Jan 22 13, 15:28 JustDaniel one wave's bye
is another one's contest;
f... Jan 23 13, 01:00 Larry feel the under-toads
hiding in the foamy surf,
amp... Jan 25 13, 01:24 JustDaniel amphibians strike
at the seashore opera house;
fro... Jan 25 13, 12:26 Larry they throw in the fog
weather changes with seasons... Jan 25 13, 15:36 JustDaniel a cricket pitched high
into the wind-swept night;
... Jan 25 13, 23:07 Larry finally a chirp
blue egg shards litter the nest
pr... Jan 28 13, 09:28 JustDaniel apparent smiles
are merely rose petals;
listen to ... Jan 28 13, 09:59 Larry listen to the earth
her creature's voices are ... Jan 28 13, 16:12 JustDaniel silent wrecking ball
breaks into a wall of sound..... Jan 28 13, 18:24 Larry river's abrasion
slices through milennia
awake... Jan 29 13, 09:09 JustDaniel weakness in the bed
of Los Angeles River:
concrete... Jan 29 13, 15:34 Larry a royal conceit
does not live in a castle
the quee... Jan 30 13, 16:16 JustDaniel the green of the night
is the white of the morning... Feb 1 13, 12:11 Larry eerily snow falls
winter's wings losing feathe... Feb 1 13, 14:15 JustDaniel blanketed silence:
yesterday's burial
in new p... Feb 1 13, 19:33 Larry anew perspective
examine each angle in
the circle ... Feb 3 13, 10:24 JustDaniel cycle comes to life
with new chain and pedals;
ban... Feb 4 13, 03:26 Larry cabana seeds sprout
fronds and mud cover the roof
... Feb 4 13, 09:36 JustDaniel fresh fruit on the house:
roof orchard offers free... Feb 5 13, 17:36 Larry hapless on beaches
sea turtles break leather bonds... Feb 6 13, 10:56 JustDaniel dead man lost his hair
at the hands of Apaches;
bl... Feb 6 13, 14:57 Larry brood on the priory
pigeons circle when bells ring... Feb 6 13, 23:02 JustDaniel prairie without wings:
no dead bodies for buzzards... Feb 7 13, 11:38 Larry mesquite trees add no
great beauty to the landscap... Feb 8 13, 01:12 JustDaniel limburger steaks stink;
cheesy chef crams chuck
fo... Feb 8 13, 10:33 Larry fancy for foreign
got gourmands food poisoning
the... Feb 10 13, 00:48 JustDaniel need no ipecac
changing pooey diapers;
flows natur... Feb 10 13, 21:39 Larry nature's rally flows
raindrops are impassioned... Feb 11 13, 10:13 JustDaniel washing sacred face
of a churchyard tombstone;
low... Feb 11 13, 10:47 Larry in grief, locals sweep
sand and snow from broken h... Feb 11 13, 13:04 JustDaniel aught to give a stake
to the indigent minor:
minin... Feb 11 13, 14:41 Larry a gopher mining
grubing and rooting hunger
under t... Feb 12 13, 01:09 JustDaniel under the garden
an old munitions dump;
exploding ... Feb 12 13, 05:53 Larry exploding flavors
helped make the eagle well read
... Feb 12 13, 10:44 JustDaniel illicit acne:
pimples on the boy's face
behind... Feb 12 13, 15:52 Larry behind being born
are numerous miracles
pro-creati... Feb 13 13, 15:08 JustDaniel procreation springs
out of his Levis;
buttons undo... Feb 13 13, 15:14 
Larry an undone button
causes her to blush and smile
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