Friday, February 19, 2010

birthday haiku - six

happy days are these...

times when life calls out our name.

listen closely now.

haiku.

for Jimmy Rader.


 

about the haiku: haiku is a japanese form of poetry that contains a metered verse in seventeen on (equivalent to an english syllable). generally, but not always, the english haiku consists of three lines with a five-seven-five syllable structure. the best examples of haiku paint a detailed picture using the fewest words possible, often only revealing a portion of the subject so as to give the reader something to ponder.

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