*counts on fingers Eric Cartman style*
Sam is an A**ehole
I think he is a stupid
idiot I do

ROFL! Good comeback

And one for my girl...

For his blue eyes, I’d
gladly use my sword on that
little tramp Arwen.

Sure, the Japanese use 5 syllables for the first line, 7 in the second and back to 5 in the last line - hence faye's 5-7-5 rule mentioned earlier. Like this:

My-name-is-Tom-my
I'm-from-Bel-gium-which-Plas-tic
will-soon-in-vade-help!

Yes you have got it
Though second line needs seven
Not eight syllables

Gosh! Thanks! Must have lost my count... :P

Courtman: You almost have it; remember 5, 7, 5 syllables.
Try changing it to something like:

You can substitute pronouns if you like. "I'm", "He's", and "They're" all work, except I'm not sure if it should be "their axe", as each probably carries one, and "axes" makes too many syllables. The double "there" homonym sound also makes me uneasy. I also don't know if punctuation is allowed, probably not in the original language, but it works in English. Besides that, I'm still a learner who knows nothing.

[Edited on 27/4/2002 by Grondmaster]

Nothing to tell you
So I will write this instead:
this day is boring!

Well is this a haiku or not????

hey grond actually and 1-2-1 pattern works mine was 3-6-2 as long as the hiaku is simplisticy worded then its a hiaku, when hiakus were first translated from Japanese it was though that it had to be one certain pattern which was later proven to be wrong

There was a squirrel
His body was of plastic
but his eyes were true

Do you like THIS ONE Plastic?!!!

That's a nice Haiku
But I'm afraid to say that,
I have lying eyes.

S'true I'm afraid...

Have you got a light
Mac? No but I have got a
Dark Brown Overcoat

Well, if we're doing puns.....

Very good; how about this?

Writers using words
Fill stories with ideas
Readers bring to life

Feel free to improve on the above.

[Edited on 11/6/2002 by Grondmaster]

I signed on as a reader because my writing is limited to technical and business writing which lacks pizzaz. When I was in school poetry gave me nightmares, still does! But, hey, why not give this one a try.....
LOTR Haiku

Not allegory;
Where is the ’Ring’ in our world?
Who is ’Ringbearer’?


ps: I am a little behind on my reading but I will get back to it, vacation starts in 2 weeks!

And about Tuesday's 22 word haiku there can be no doubt. That pig can't fly, won't fit the mold no way, no how. It doesn't look like a duck, walk like a duck, smell like a duck, taste like a duck, and especially doesn't sound like a duck; therefore it isn't a duck. Put it in the Poetry Section.

As a wise man once said, "A little knowledge can be dangerous." And acknowledging that I have become too dangerous, due to my limited knowledge of haiku, the following is in order:

Be it announced that Grondy has hereby resigned from the self-appointed position of "Haiku Critic". I am humbly accepting my place among the learners.