Monday, December 11, 2023

poetry form week 97, humor week 113

 

 

write a poem such as  haiku, with free style or syllabus  such as 5 7 5

a sample of free style, three lines


古池や蛙飛び込む水の音
    ふるいけやかわずとびこむみずのおと
        furu ike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto

Translated:[14]   sample 1

old pond
frog leaps in
water's sound

 

 sample 2

  fresh hand

 rosebud sinks in

a writer's passion


haiku, with 5 7 5 syllabus, which is cool

 

 

初しぐれ猿も小蓑をほしげ也
    はつしぐれさるもこみのをほしげなり
        hatsu shigure saru mo komino o hoshige nari[15]

Translated: sample 1

the first cold shower
even the monkey seems to want
a little coat of straw

 

 

sample #2, 5 7 5

 

the last hard notes

perhaps the moon will find a smile

some assumed layer of analysis