Haiku - Shmaiku
HAIKU - SHMAIKU
Seventeen moras
And kigo and kireji :
Who can figure it?
Never could get it -
Slap down unrelated words :
Meaningless meaning.
Call it poetry -
OK, maybe in Japan
But no way for me.
Keats would be rolling
In his grave if he saw me
Writing a haiku.
God forbid I should
Ever twist my English so,
So, I never would.
12 June 2011
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2011
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