Haiku – 15th October 2015
@arthurchappell (45002)
Preston, England
October 15, 2015 4:50pm CST
1/.
Leaves litter the streets
Crunching the dead underfoot
So disrespectful
2/.
Alliteration
Compensates for lack of rhyme
Perhaps not today.
3/.
Rock Lobster plays out
To stop me getting depressed
So I switch it off.
4/.
Christmas encroaches
Never asked for ‘old’, Santa
Where’s eternal youth?
5/.
Brain-food Haiku count
Verbs, nouns, adjective stanzas.
That’s my five a day
Arthur Chappell
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
16 Oct 15
hmmmn, yeah let's see if we can return old age
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt I lost the receipt sadly - no refunds 
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
17 Oct 15
@Jessicalynnt I think I'd be classed as past my sell by date
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Oct 15
@arthurchappell that stinks! Should be a warranty somewhere!
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Oct 15
@DianneN they are brilliant for getting students into creative writing and poetry
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
16 Oct 15
@arthurchappell It certainly helped my son! Yay METS!
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Oct 15
@DianneN I don't know what METS means. sorry - great for your son though.
I enjoyed reading your list.
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
16 Oct 15
Ha-ha - gotcha! The middle line of Number 4 has one syllable too many!
In one hour from now I shall be leading a workshop on poetry in which I hope to use the haiku and the tanka to get people interested in writing poems to strict rules. I should be able to report on progress later today!
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
16 Oct 15
You're right yes thanks - I just edited it to drop the I so now it depends how sharply you pronounce asked - I look forward to your workshop report
