Haiku Fridays

[RHommel]

Haiku Fridays   

So, every Friday on Facebook... a growing number of my real life friends are participating in what one of them has deemed "Haiku Fridays". They are nothing like actual haiku, except that they have the correct syllable count in English. I'm going to start doing this with them... here is the latest from one of my friends.

 

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haikus are easy

but sometimes they don't make sense

refrigerator

 

~Robyne Aument

 

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I love my silly, goofy friends. They make life worth living!!

 

~Rachel

[tonyv]

Thanks for sharing this idea, Rachel. These things can be fun. We had one going called "Sentences that make no sense." I had fun with that one. And of course, there's the haiku train in member poetry, too!

 

Tony

 

 

I'll move this topic to the Poetry Playground.

[RHommel]

I'll move this topic to the Poetry Playground.

 

Great! I wasn't sure where to put it... thanks!

[goldenlangur]

Hi Rachel,

 

Thank you for sharing this. The haiku can be great fun and it seems it is popular even among politicians. The EU President, even published his book of haiku:

 

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/e...n_n_540264.html

[Frank E Gibbard]

My entry for Friday haikus albeit on Wednesday:

 

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Take a haiku down

Dictated the poet to bimbo, Miss Jones.

 

I'm not that sort of girl, she said.

 

(good idea and fun)

Edited September 1, 2010 by Frank E Gibbard

[rumisong]

back in the saddle

horsing around a smacking

instigated thrall

 

 

[Tinker]

Rachel, I liked this idea from the start but when Fridays rolled around, again and again I simply forgot to implement.

Rumi, I love the "horsing around". Fun haiku.

I am afraid my offering today isn't all that fun but it is on the fly. My To Do list is lengthy and weighs heavily. I treat myself with poetry breaks and come here after I've completed an objective. My tasks are so large that I have to break them into objectives and try to feel a sense of accomplishment for each step. Playing on the forum is my reward.

day off from office
pull weeds, clean house, pay bills
Friday haiku break
                 ---------- --jvg

~~Tink

[rumisong]

 

 

no haiku tonight

patient hungry cows waiting

for the dinner bell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left to right:

Tap, Boidheach (pronounced "Baw'- ya" so Im told), and Liam (aka "Buddy")

Edited October 1, 2010 by rumisong

[rumisong]

 

missed haiku friday

a senryu about haiku

he's at it again

 

[Tinker]

fingers on keyboard
haiku Friday on Saturday
goats ate my roses
---tink

[Tinker]

new Friday haiku
on rainy Sunday afternoon
Lakers win again

---Tink

[Tinker]

gray Monday begins
count down to haiku Friday
bills wait to be paid

---Tink

[Tinker]

guests arrive early
for Taco Tuesday party
haikus on hold
--- Tink

[Tinker]

wet Wednesday
half way to haiku Friday
ants in the mud room

---Tink

[Tinker]

this Thursday I post
last haiku before Friday
robin pecks at window

---Tink

[Tinker]

free Nook book
every Friday morning
behind in reading

---Tink

[Tinker]

rain slicked two lane road
prinked with golden fallen leaves
doe with fawn watches

~~~Tink

[Tinker]

hung over from
Thursday's Thanksgiving feast
Friday fizzled

[Tinker]

turkeyed out
after week of leftovers
steak on the grill

[Tinker]

flour and nuts
sprinkled across kitchen floor
cookies in oven

[Tinker]

silver and gold balls
hang low on green Christmas tree
toddler finds treasure

[Tinker]

Thank God it's Friday,.
six hours left til ME time.
How can I help you?

[Tinker]

sound of garbage truck
breaks the silence of morning
sweet smell of roses
                        ~~jvg

[Tinker]

bright computer screen
illuminates morning quest
poems writ and read

[Frank E Gibbard]

Tinker tailor spy

John le Carré novel

oh soldier forgot

 

(got your name in Tink you haiku supremo). regards, Frank.

[Tinker]

LOL, thank you Frank... love it!

 

~~Tink

[Tinker]

free Friday fun
following four fantastic
frollicing families
                ~~Tink

[Tinker]

Friday traffic
rushes to begin weekend
flowered field ignored

[Tinker]

Friday night market
Paella on metal drum
locals' outdoor meet

guitars and banjos
strum welcome to market
fun Friday night

local goods in jars
zucchini in all sizes
weekly Friday fair

[Tinker]

2017 #53

Friday drive home
leaves turned, first glimpse of autumn
too hot, AC cranked
                     ~~jvg

[Tinker]

2017 #57

Monarch butterflies
flutter in warm Friday breeze
soft scent of roses 

[Tinker]

2018   #40

clammy morning chill
cat play starts day too early 
at least it's Friday
                  ~~jvg

[Tinker]

2018 #41

crescent moon softly
welcomes this hard Friday’s end
tired body and mind 
                                ~~jvg

 

[Tinker]

#45

acrid stench of smoke
rides on Friday morning breeze
fire threat looms again

I know the Camp Fire is a long way away from my home but it smells like it is right outside.  The entire town of Paradise is wiped out and the fire is travelling west in my direction.   I am not in imminent danger but fire is California's biggest threat and I live in a forest, always conscious that it just takes a spark. Our volunteer fire department has dispatched a truck to help fight the fire.  In little over a year we have experienced way too much devastation from fire in this state and right now we are experiencing 2 more huge, fast moving fires one in the south and one here in the north.  Last night they reported that the Camp Fire was moving the distance of 3 football fields a minute. 

~~Tink

[Tinker]

#46

Friday workday,
sandwiched between Christmas
and New Year's Eve
                  ~~jvg

[Tinker]

2019  #1

first fertal Friday
of this crackling new year
revived and eager
                   ~~jvg

 

[Tinker]

2019  #3

Friday's winter sun
lights up the green foliage
the morning shimmers
                  ~~jvg

 

[Tinker]

 #4

trash pickup Friday
empty garbage-bins on road
retrieve when rain stops  
                  ~~jvg

[tonyv]

It's not Friday, but here we go. Is this a haiku? 🤓

 

     Origins

Breezy sunlight blows
sea spray and pencil shavings:
a glass of merlot.

[Tinker]

Awesome Tony.   I'm impressed   It is a  real haiku.  Here at Haiku Fridays we try not to take haiku too seriously.    

2019 #5

Monday sundown
on last free day until Friday
glass of lemonade
               ~~jvg

[Tinker]

2019 #6

today's Tuesday
begins with snow on the ground
my toes are cold
                            ~~jvg

Companion to Rosemary on a Rare Winter Morning

[Tinker]

2019 #7

weaky Wednesday
with waking sun shining through,
yesterday's snow, gone
               ~~jvg

weaky - wet, soggy
Companion to Rosemary on a Rare Winter Morning
Morning Poem

[Tinker]

2019 #9

company coming,
frantic Friday production,
they’ll arrive tonight
                      ~~jvg

[Tinker]

2019 #14

clatter of rain fall
begins my Friday morning
yesterday repeat
                   ~~jvg

Morning Poem
 

[Tinker]

2019 #19

family Friday
grandkids playing on Xbox
time to run laps
                         ~~jvg

[Tinker]

2019  #20

friendly Friday lunch
grilled salmon with asparagus
tasty time out
                   ~~jvg

[Tinker]

#22

Friday rain rattles
onto my roof top with zeal.
Spring sounds like winter.
                       ~~jvg

[Tinker]

#23

fierce frigid Friday
freeloading firewood from friend
faithless furnace fried
              ~~jvg

[Tinker]

#24

Friday's morning mist
will very soon burn away
coffee on my deck
                  ~~jvg

Morning Poem

[Tinker]

#25

freaking Friday fact,
people procrastinate, 
wasted work week
               ~~jvg