Hi all!
Recently I’ve been in a poetic mood. Not the Robert Burn ‘my love is like a red red rose’ kind, but rather the retro Haiku mood, which is ancient, but like platform wedges, are flying the high wave in comtemporary literature. Since my relationship with alcohol is starting to turn into a soppy love, and however much I always thought poems are too drippy, I have succumbed enough to wax lyrical over it. And since we are at it, why not just continue?
A haiku is a basic 5 syllabus-7 syllabus-5 syllabus poem, which can be adapted to different syllabus length for English, as long as the alternate lines have the same number of syllabus. Hence, 3-5-3, 7-5-7, etc etc are all viable. Usually Haikus are used for everyday occurrences with the last sentence slightly incongruent to the subject and yet able to sum up the earlier 2 sentences appropriately. But that said, it doesn't mean I can do it, and most common haikus don't, but they still read fine.
It’s terrible if you are forced to do it during lit class, but amazingly easy when there’s no pressure. I welcome anyone to pen a short haiku in this entry. I also think Haikus are here to stay, so expect more in the future.
For now, there’s my ode (5-7-5) to the amazing Chocolate Cake shooter, a recipe brought back by JayWalk from the Land of Dragons. No, it did not come from the Land of Dragons, it came from this ang-moh guy in the land of dra.....ok, i was a bit hazy on the details after my 3rd....
Pass the lips and down
Sugar-coated lemon wedge
One shot to Heaven
And here’s another one (7-5-7) when I encountered a super-shitty workday. R(A), you have been warned:
Had a God-awful Monday
4 more days to go
Kan Nee Na Beh Chao Ch** B**
For today’s entry, what less but to expound about myself?
Ode to Ang Ku Kueh:
Peanut Paste Pastry
Eaten past its Sell-by Date
Emergency Room
Anyone for haiku? How about one about your blog nick? Be sure to tell me!
Out!
AKK :)
Recently I’ve been in a poetic mood. Not the Robert Burn ‘my love is like a red red rose’ kind, but rather the retro Haiku mood, which is ancient, but like platform wedges, are flying the high wave in comtemporary literature. Since my relationship with alcohol is starting to turn into a soppy love, and however much I always thought poems are too drippy, I have succumbed enough to wax lyrical over it. And since we are at it, why not just continue?
A haiku is a basic 5 syllabus-7 syllabus-5 syllabus poem, which can be adapted to different syllabus length for English, as long as the alternate lines have the same number of syllabus. Hence, 3-5-3, 7-5-7, etc etc are all viable. Usually Haikus are used for everyday occurrences with the last sentence slightly incongruent to the subject and yet able to sum up the earlier 2 sentences appropriately. But that said, it doesn't mean I can do it, and most common haikus don't, but they still read fine.
It’s terrible if you are forced to do it during lit class, but amazingly easy when there’s no pressure. I welcome anyone to pen a short haiku in this entry. I also think Haikus are here to stay, so expect more in the future.
For now, there’s my ode (5-7-5) to the amazing Chocolate Cake shooter, a recipe brought back by JayWalk from the Land of Dragons. No, it did not come from the Land of Dragons, it came from this ang-moh guy in the land of dra.....ok, i was a bit hazy on the details after my 3rd....
Pass the lips and down
Sugar-coated lemon wedge
One shot to Heaven
And here’s another one (7-5-7) when I encountered a super-shitty workday. R(A), you have been warned:
Had a God-awful Monday
4 more days to go
Kan Nee Na Beh Chao Ch** B**
For today’s entry, what less but to expound about myself?
Ode to Ang Ku Kueh:
Peanut Paste Pastry
Eaten past its Sell-by Date
Emergency Room
Anyone for haiku? How about one about your blog nick? Be sure to tell me!
Out!
AKK :)
21 comments:
I have a 5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7 one.
Let's call it "Frustrations of East Coast Driver".
Meepoktah Mai Hiam
Stay at eastcoast G R C
Must use E C P
Kena Orkong E R P
So not the happy
Hence he scold the P A P
Anyhow charge fee
Kan Ni Na B** C C B
Can do ? :-)
super burnt out from work.
fly back singapore.
every night go cheong party.
now lagi tired.
need vacation for the vacation.
back to work.
Dear meepok and jaywalk,
First time i read 6-line haiku....traffic and cheonging are oddessies in their own right, but must finish in 3 lines!
they are confirm poetic though, in fact, they read like jingles...5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7....
9:50 PM, May 24, 2007
what 3 lines?
so many rules and regulations.
very the leceh.
Rules are made to be broken.
Don't be like Gahmen.
Relah Lah !
jaywalk and meepok:
that's where the fun is leh! creativeness from adversity! do you know that you give a bunch of artists carte blanche to produce art, they won't be able to do it as well as a bunch of artists that has been given a strict set of rules?
as for the govt thingy hor...wah lau..dun start me on this, i've been to the stoopid seminar. and I'm not gov't lor!!! *shudder* I'm not i'm not!!!
ask you something,
you kaopeh we break rule.
you also what.
as you can see that I'm bored.
coz you no online MSN.
Come online and talk to me, can?
I think I am getting carried away.
Going nuts by entertaining myself.
Starting to get addicted to your Haiku.
This is fun!
I can go on and on!
You siao liao!
why no response.
I here by myself, alone.
say something leh!
I am Jay.
Chronicling my Walk of life.
My blog: JayWalk.
Last one wrong.
Syllables not words.
iGabra.
jay....
eh....okok....u win liao...*kowtow* next time i got anotherhaiku entry, u can load those you have already made there, heheh...
Holiday oh holiday!
A great relief from
fucking office politics
I love Ang Ku Kueh
I check her blog everyday
Now work! Boss Kao-peh........
This Jay really FREE!!! Wahahaha!
erm i dunno how to do! *wails*
i like those poems. real sweet. especially the shot to heaven.
but i will actually use salted lemon wedge. that's the tequila shot. *smack lips*
time to hit the bar.
Special note to ah fatt's fan:
wahhhhhhh!!!!!
I like your poem!!! hahahaha....
special note to deek:
buay pai leh! I'm actually impressed u bothered to leave a haiku comment, heheh...kam siah!
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