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    Your Own Haikus Here!

    Writing a haiku looks simple but is actually difficult: you get ideas and a torrent of words. All of them you must reduce: to 3 lines, 17 syllables; 5 syllables on the first line, 7 on the second and 5 on the third. Plus a personal experience, outlook and a seasonal theme.

    God through idols? How?
    Prim'tive! I'm modern: only
    icons to click here.

    Raindrops move and merge
    on wires outside: Advaita!
    Leftovers for maid.

    You are me and I
    am you: so you foot the bill.
    My purse, I forgot!

    Loans for dhobis--for
    donkeys: ne'er paid back, seize them!
    Bank lost its papers.

    Tomorrow ne'er comes.
    Today and yesterdays, right?
    All loose threads--my life!

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    Re: Your Own Haikus Here!

    Namaste saidevo,

    I enjoy reading Haikus but not creative enough to write my own.
    Thanks for this and other thread.
    satay

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    Re: Your Own Haikus Here!

    Eyes caress the stars--
    But fingers embrace only
    my room window bars.
    (adopted from a Tamil poem by Mu.Metha)

    Fingers deftly play
    the Veena strings--while my eyes
    only remain shut.

    Wife's morning 'kolams'--
    Greedy ravens, squirrels leave
    nothing for the ants.

    (A 'kolam' is a decorative artwork drawn on the floor with flour.)

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