Tiny

This is
Not a true
Haiku.

poem by Bob Axell
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haiku
a moment
to treasure

haiku by John Tiong Chunghoo
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haiku is essence concept Japanese
haiku should be art dramatic written in
calligraphy stylish riches Japanese

haiku by Terence George Craddock
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A Minor Bird

i tune up my brain
each morn
in the chirps of birds
filling out blanks
as to what they are saying
a prayer?
reliving
yesterday's adventures?
the spot where they had hit gold
with worms?

from (or to) my slumberland
come poems
haikus, senryus
as i count syllables
each bird
tries out in its song
far and near
in so many ways
they chirp

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poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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Haikus aren’t to me..
Either prose or poetry!
They’re games… don’t you see?

haiku by David Whalen
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Trapez duo

poetry is letting the conscious
and unconscious realms of the brain meet
so that they can teach each other the way
to tango to the heart of readers
so that they can fly onto each other
a trapez duo suspended on a literary rope
to amaze audience with mind sweeping
free and rhymed metres, spot on haiku,
rib tickling senryu, swinging pantuns, reflective
tankas and bewildering catchy love sonnets

poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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haiku
a bewitching tug
at the heart

haiku by John Tiong Chunghoo
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To a Japanese poet

Haiku's wet ink
shines;
a warm heart

poem by Michael Shepherd
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On Nippon border
flies a Phoenix bird – Haiku,
now saved from the fire;
like a violin
my reborn soul is singing

tanka by Dumitru Roşu from Haiku: Magazine of Romanian – Japanese Relationships (2007), translated by Dumitru Roşu
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haiku
a crystal clear tinkle
in the mind

haiku by John Tiong Chunghoo
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springtide
a naïve poet attempts
a haiku

haiku by Chandrashekar A Posy Poet
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Buried By Haiku

I'm here
amongst the huge pile of haiku.
Can you see me?
I hope you do.

I've been buried here
and I don't know what to do.
Each time I post a poem..
it gets buried by haiku! !

poem by Mary Nagy
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I do not haiku
Or miss a shoe
That sits untied

haiku by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Fix It

But a grey
Leaf of memories is my
Broken haiku

poem by Bob Axell
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Non-haiku

it was you who one day wrote a haiku
and she counted
on the strictest 5/7/5
or the 5/7/5/77 count

you do not really know what haiku is
you just like to write
and say anything your heart wants to say
in your brokenness

nurturing day and night your broken heart
when she left you for another uglier man
this really hurts

you are smart
the next day, the title of your poem changed

non-haiku for you
how can i argue?

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poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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I eavesdrop
on the Muse's dream
while writing haiku

haiku by Chenou Liu
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haiku - learning
to word the tightrope
of reality

haiku by John Tiong Chunghoo
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haiku - between
the full moon and
the missing moon

haiku by John Tiong Chunghoo
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bandits on highway English
have hijacked
the haiku

haiku by Raj Arumugam
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This Is No Haiku

This is no haiku one can expect.
Expressed in one line Japanese verse.
Or separated into lines,
To give an English speaking mind...
Time to find profound definition.
To sit to meditate upon and reflect.

Seventeen sound units,
Divided into three parts...
Five units to start.
Seven in the middle.
And five to end.
With given specific syllables,
To have the reader read again.
Without comprehending,
The meaning a haiku intends.

This is no haiku one can expect.
Expressed in one line Japanese verse.
Or separated into lines,

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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