General Poetry posted May 24, 2022 Chapters:  ...63 64 -65- 66... 


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6/5/6 Modern Haiku

A chapter in the book One Thousand Cranes

The Rat

by Gypsy Blue Rose


for rules, please see my author notes

after shooing the rat away,
how lonely I feel
in this dark and cold night


 




MODERN HAIKU is the English adaptation of Classic Haiku. It's written in one to four lines with no strict syllable count, but as brief as possible. These poems use a pause usually marked by a dash before the satori (an insightful twist to ponder). Images don't need to be taken from nature. Seasonality is optional. Alliteration and metaphor are okay. Never rhymes. The em-dash ( -- ) is used to emphasize an interruption in speech before the satori. Haiku usually doesn't have a title but in fanstory we have to have one. The Haiku Foundation of America

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