Twitter Is The New Haiku

Published on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 by Katherine

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Call me a nerd, but I loved the Haiku lessons in English class. That standard Five, Seven, Five forced you to be concise with a limited number of characters. Little did the ancient Japanese know that they were the forefathers of Twitter.

Does this make Twitter a creative writing tool as well? Will it one day make the English books of our high school children?

English Test

1. Create a tweet about the deep struggles Romeo and Juliette faced regarding love vs. family bonds.
2. Tweet about what Romeo compares Juliet to when he first meets her.

Today I will stick to Haiku. And then I will tweet about it. And then you can retweet to help me out. Yea, that’s the ticket!

I will tweet my post.
And then you can retweet it.
I’ll reciprocate.

Does “I’ll” really stand for one syllable? I think I might have cheated.

For a warm up I wrote some Haiku about two Tribal Blog members. Make sure you check them out!

Jen speaks her own mind.
Don’t give her a blog award.
They make her angry.

Read Man Over Board.
No need for raft, he can swim.
I bow to his cool!

Here is where you come in. This is my latest edition of “Your Story.” I would love to see some Haiku written by you ABOUT you. I’ve used “Americanized” Haiku that has only three lines. The first line can only be five syllables, the second is seven syllables and the last is back to five.

Let me start it off!

I have my own blog.
No one clicks on google ads.
Ad blindness sure blows.

No spring chicken now.
Old lady hands are all mine.
Get me some lotion!

Take me to the beach.
The ocean will soothe my soul.
I am happy there.

Lush is my downfall.
But it takes money to buy.
See my first Haiku!

(OK, that was WAY against TOS. Remember, this is art only!)

I have teenagers.
They can get very smelly.
Deodorize them!

(Art, indeed.)

Please, won’t you share your life in Haiku with me?