Well, there’s no reason why a haiku shouldn’t rhyme. It’s just that most don’t. In any case, this is technically not a haiku, because it doesn’t mention a season of the year. Therefore technically it’s a senryu.
It’s a haiku in the loosest possible adherence to the rules in that season of challenges when nothing springs….I was trying to avoid sounding pretentious by not calling it a senryu.
If you are a rock ‘n’ roll westerner, then it’s possibly a hi-coo, rather than a haiku in a structured eastern sense. No spanking available I’m afraid.
An ingenious way of telling the truth, Gerald. 🙂
Thanks, Luigi.
I like this 🙂 I love the humour!
Thank you for taking part.
Thanks, Elfstone.
Neigh, bonnie laad… a haiku mustn’t rhyme… unless thee be a rock ‘n’ roll westerner.
Well, there’s no reason why a haiku shouldn’t rhyme. It’s just that most don’t. In any case, this is technically not a haiku, because it doesn’t mention a season of the year. Therefore technically it’s a senryu.
It’s a haiku in the loosest possible adherence to the rules in that season of challenges when nothing springs….I was trying to avoid sounding pretentious by not calling it a senryu.
Ah, I see what you’ve done there… “Spring” as a verb… rather clever…
Mustn’t rhyme? Is there a sanction? A spanking?
If you are a rock ‘n’ roll westerner, then it’s possibly a hi-coo, rather than a haiku in a structured eastern sense. No spanking available I’m afraid.
Challenge UnMet
Nice but the challenge was use the word ‘blind’ in the poem.