General Poetry posted October 2, 2020


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5/7/5 Contemporary Summer Haiku

Incredulous Moth

by Gypsy Blue Rose


"Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight For the greatest tragedy of them all Is never to feel the burning light." Oscar Wilde

incredulous moth

flew too close to bug zapper —

heathen saw the light


 

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CONTEMPORARY HAIKU in English: The most common literary adaptation in English of haiku looks something like this: one to four lines, no strict syllable count but brief, and often with a long/short or short/long asymmetry. These poems utilize a caesura. Images need not be taken from nature, though they may be and often are. Seasonality is optional, though often featured. Hereâ??s an example: in the woodpileâ?¦. the broken ax handle the haiku foundation org

Kigo (season) for moth is all summer

incredulous= unbelief; skeptical.
heathen= nonbeliever

Picture: magical mothra by legrandzilla, deviantart.com

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Gypsy
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