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
Categories:
moras, parody
Form: Haiku