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February 28th, 2008
You are absolutely right old chair, I should visit my grandma. I am going to this Saturday. She used to make me eat head cheese, and since I’m an older student, I am familiar with the horrendous product you speak of. She also made the world greatest “soup chick”. She will love the visit. She is 95 years old now, and sometimes I don’t think she really even knows what is going on. It’s sad, she was a fiery woman.
Today is work day. No school, just the incessant nagging of lunch timers as I tend bar at a trendy little place downtown. One day, I’m just going to punch out and leave. The years of customer service have taken their toll. At least I get to see my wife for an hour or two today.
Thoughts of the day before 9 a.m.
1) Having a dog is so cool.
2) Having to work when you hate it is not.
3) Looking forward to me meeting with “Doof” in April.
4) No moves for the Packers … grr.
Pre-Shower Haiku of the day …
exercise
do it dino now.
head cheese sucks
Post-Work Haiku …
chambord yum
winter berry bliss
i don’t drink
That is all, must follow the Favre news closely tonight.
P.S. I write “free-form” haiku.
Shawn Sullivan said:
a haiku is 5-3-5, not 3-5-3…
February 28th, 2008 at 6:47 am #
Fab Al said:
Due to the various views and practices today, it is impossible to single out any current style or format or subject matter as definitive “haiku.” Nonetheless, some of the more common practices in English are:
As to the form, some American poets advocate writing in 3-5-3 syllables or 2-3-2 accented beats. While rigid structuring can be accomplished in 5-7-5 haiku with relative ease due to a greater degree of freedom provided by the extra syllables, such structuring in shorter haiku will have the effect of imposing much more stringent rules on English haiku than on Japanese haiku, thereby severely limiting its potential.
In japanese, the rules for how to write Haiku are clear, and will not be discussed here. In foreign languages, there exist NO consensus in how to write Haiku-poems.
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February 28th, 2008 at 3:10 pm #