Haiku!

[udin-san]

do you know Haiku?
It's a type of poetry
that comes from Japan

5-7-5 is
the number of syllables
from top to bottom

Haikus are easy
but sometimes they don't make sense
refrigerator

Don't forget to count
the syllables when you try
to compose a Ha-

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[K5Rakitan]

My son drinks my milk
Until he is satisfied
So he'll grow up strong

 

[FoxxieFox]

One two three four five
One two three four five six one
Two three four five six

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

The examples that
You all just wrote and posted
Aren't really haiku.

What you all just wrote
Share haiku's stanzaic form—
The funny senryu!

 

[georgelee5786]

I am shit at haiku
Worse so at poetry
Banana

 

[Kassel]

do you know Haiku?
It's a type of poetry
that comes from Japan

5-7-5 is
the number of syllables
from top to bottom

Haikus are easy
but sometimes they don't make sense
refrigerator

Don't forget to count
the syllables when you try
to compose a Ha-

I like chicken
Chicken tastes great.
I like chicken

 

[udin-san]

The examples that
You all just wrote and posted
Aren't really haiku.

What you all just wrote
Share haiku's stanzaic form—
The funny senryu!

I knew about this
from watching an anime
called Senryū Shoujo

My son drinks my milk
Until he is satisfied
So he'll grow up strong

I read your haiku
don't know what to think of it
is it your fetish?

 

[udin-san]

There I stood frozen
in the middle of a road
light fast approaching

A thundering crash
siren sounded from afar
and then there were none

 

[udin-san]

In an empty space
there stood a girl, enchanting
her being shined bright

 

[udin-san]

She was the Goddess
"It was a mistake", she said
apologetic

 

[udin-san]

She proposed me
to go to another world
as compensation

 

[udin-san]

I replied to her
"I still have many regrets,
let me live again."

 

[udin-san]

I opened my eyes
an unfamiliar ceiling
chubby little hands

 

[udin-san]

Reincarnation
a world of sword and magic
this is my new life

 

[udin-san]

Okay, enough of the shitposting for now.
Let's take a closer look of what haiku really is.

Just like what I've mentioned in the first post, haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Haiku has an easy to remember rule, that is the 5-7-5 pattern: 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, 5 syllables in the last line. Do take note that the way this rule works is slightly different in its language of origin.

This 5-7-5 rule is so easy to follow that anyone can make a haiku as long as one knows how to count syllables. That's why I used this example to show this point :

(5) Haikus are easy
(7) but sometimes they don't make sense
(5) refrigerator

But as user @Fox-Trot-9 mentioned here, this is technically not a haiku. Haiku has another element that differentiate it from its sibling senryuu. It lies in its subject matter: traditionally, haiku portrays an image of nature. This reference to nature is what most people who don't dabble in haiku missed.

Here's an example of one of the best-known Japanese haiku :

(5) furu ike ya
(7) kawazu tobikomu
(5) mizu no oto

which means :

an old pond
a frog leaps in
the sound of water

Or better yet :

(5) An old silent pond…
(7) A frog jumps into the pond,
(5) splash! Silence again.

In Japanese, frogs are traditional symbols of the springtime. Here, the poem represents the passing of seasons, from the “old, silent” winter to the sudden arrival of spring.

TL;DR, haiku has 2 main elements: a 5-7-5 pattern and a reference to nature.

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

Yeah, haiku tend to have a kigo or 'season word/phrase' included in it. The frog in the poem you mentioned is the 'season word.' Also, the best way to differentiate between haiku and senryu is this: haiku deal with nature, and senryu deal with human nature. Hence, haiku tend to be more serious in tone, while senryu tend to me more satirical or funny.