There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku
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Yes yes yes, I realize that the 5/7/5 syllable count is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a poem a true haiku, and that syllable counting has very little to do with the classical Japanese form or its modern literary incarnations. But going by syllables alone makes the bit work!
Flaunting the rules
to crack a foolish joke —
summer vacation@inthehands Flouting convention to lure the pedants, eh?
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikuHe would try hard to fight it
But all he would get was renku -
@inthehands Ha! Reminds me of the (less sophisticated):
There once was a man from Peru
whose limericks stopped at line two.@tychotithonus @inthehands
There once was a man from Peru
whose limericks stopped at line two
But he carried on
so the humour was gone
and also it didn't rhyme or scan properly either. -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands ooh! Well done!
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands Well done indeed! -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands
A man from Limerick
Described a poetry style
It was a haiku -
Yes yes yes, I realize that the 5/7/5 syllable count is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a poem a true haiku, and that syllable counting has very little to do with the classical Japanese form or its modern literary incarnations. But going by syllables alone makes the bit work!
Flaunting the rules
to crack a foolish joke —
summer vacation@inthehands
One of my proudest works was a haiku shaming one of my lab colleagues for leaving a half full bin of Red Vines for months.
He loved it. -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikuThere once was a man from Nevada
Who half assed his limerick, uh...
Yadda yadda, yadda yadda -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikuThere once was a man from Berlin
Whose limericks never did rhyme
Or scan
And they ended too soon(Not original)
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands
ok I'll give it a go:
There once was a man
From Limerick, whose poems
Ended thoughtfully. -
Yes yes yes, I realize that the 5/7/5 syllable count is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a poem a true haiku, and that syllable counting has very little to do with the classical Japanese form or its modern literary incarnations. But going by syllables alone makes the bit work!
Flaunting the rules
to crack a foolish joke —
summer vacationI think it's brilliant nevertheless.
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands
That's the cleverest
wordplay I've seen in yonks.
Thanks for cheering me. -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands My favorite part is the garden path repronunciation of "limericks" from 2 to 3 syllables only after I reread the poem.
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands thank you! I can appreciate this haiku, even though it’s technically not haiku, but it f*kin rhymes. As someone who writes poetry (for myself, not for sharing;) - I can’t stand “white poetry” (don’t know how it’s in English;) - poetry that doesn’t rhyme:
we can all write words
in separate lines
this, however -
does not make it a poem,
i think.
And hailu is math, not poetry IMHO. With a single exception- this!;) 🫶 -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikuRoses are red, Vio-
-lets are blue, cunningly ren-
-dered as a haiku. -
There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikuBrilliant!
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@tychotithonus @inthehands And don't get me started on the one about the man from Montero.
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@inthehands There was a young man from Dhargee
Who was stung on the neck by a wasp
When asked "Did it hurt?"
He said no not a bit
It can do it again if it likesI believe this may have been Spike Milligan but not 100% sure.
@artnacrea @inthehands I've always heard this (or something very like it) attributed to W S Gilbert, as in Gilbert and Sullivan.
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@artnacrea @inthehands I've always heard this (or something very like it) attributed to W S Gilbert, as in Gilbert and Sullivan.
You are probably right. Not sure where I got the idea that it was Spike.
Either way I'm very fond of it.
