There once was a manfrom Peru — whose limericksturned into haiku
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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.
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@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!;) 🫶For me, a poem is not about separate lines
nor perfect rhymes.
It's about capturing truth in metaphor that can't be captured in a net of facts.But that's me, I'm guessing there are thousands of ways of seeing this.
(and in English "white" verse is "blank verse")
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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.
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haikua poet from Peru has once declared:
"my limericks, i see, have grown quite stale"
to breathe life in, he changed parameters,
they're now in iambic pentameters -
Nice!
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There once was a man
from Peru — whose limericks
turned into haiku@inthehands
He said with a laugh,
"I cut them in half, for it's
much more fun with two." -
@tychotithonus
didn't get this one
(I mean, I know Verdun is where one of the biggest battles of WWI was fought, but...)
@inthehands -
@tychotithonus
didn't get this one
(I mean, I know Verdun is where one of the biggest battles of WWI was fought, but...)
@inthehands"... whose limerick stopped at line 1" (but one can't say that)
@waltertross -
"... whose limerick stopped at line 1" (but one can't say that)
@waltertross@tychotithonus
Oh, because in English "Verdun" rhymes with "one", I presume, but to me that's awfully wrong
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@tychotithonus
Oh, because in English "Verdun" rhymes with "one", I presume, but to me that's awfully wrong
¯\_(ツ)_/¯@tychotithonus
I'd at least move the man to Lausanne
