Haiku

MissouriOrangePoetry Haikus follow the following format.

__Haiku__ Formula 3 lines 17 syllables Line 1 – 5 syllables Line 2 – 7 syllables Line 3 – 5 syllables

We place no other restrictions on this type of poem. Please keep in mind that many of our examples by other guides would be considered as examples of at best
 * Senryu and at worst nothing poetic at all . All of these examples have been previously copyrighted by their poetic wannabe, Rodney Chaney Home**

Haiku - Examples

__ Oriental Poems __ Haiku and Tanka Cherry blossom poetry Make writing fruitful

__ Poetry __ In words moving out Measuring spreading meaning Out words moving in

__ Homeland __ Mighty Missouri Home from cradle to casket Heaven here on earth

__ Electron __ Faster than lightning Weightless awe joining atoms Heisenberg’s wonder

__ Protons __ Inside nucleus Positive charged masses Atomic number

__ Hydrogen __ So simple, Complex? One bondable electron Turning one proton

__ Atom __ Elementary Invisible energy Matter’s building blocks

__ Atom (ii) __ Elemental bit Innately divisible Solid energy

__ Dance Partners __ Carbon Oxygen Nitrogen Hydrogen dance With living and not

__ Three Strikes __ Getting tough on crime With three strikes and you are out Getting short on brains

__ Freezing __ Cold wind cutting deep Winter inside, Winter out Another gray day

__ Right Angle __ Perpendicular Two lines make ninety degrees Two sides of a square

__ Hypotenuse __ The Hypotenuse Side opposite the corner Longer than the rest

__ Triangle __ Three sides and corners Hundred eighty degree trap A tripointy shape

__ Cube __ Six equal faces Length, width, height all plumb square Can hold stuff inside

__ Fly __ Two winged terrorist Eggs and maggots everywhere Vile and spreading filth

__ Maggots __ Make organic dust Festive agents of decay Eat wriggle poop fly

__ Rats __ Varmints eye evil Spread fear disease discontent Beat Napoleon

__ Rat __ Unhuman evil Liar thief destroyer cheat Rules evil spirits

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