A humid evening—
the housefly quits the wall
to make love to my nose.
Copyright © 2009 Jim Sizemore.
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A humid evening—
the housefly quits the wall
to make love to my nose.
Copyright © 2009 Jim Sizemore.
This entry was posted on Monday, January 19th, 2009 at 5:05 pm and is filed under art, haiku, poetry, writing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
I thought a haiku was 5-7-5
1. a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
I like the poem though.
Thank you for the comment, Lance. I think you’re right, the 5-7-5, 17 syllable style is classic Japanese haiku. But I also seem to remember that the American version(s) is (or can be) more lax when it comes to structure. (It took a lot of effort for me to just get the 17 syllable part.) I’d be interested to know what others have to say.
Funny! I like it.