Ode to Jean Charles de Menezes.
A Haiku Poem by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh © 16th July, 2006.
- it is homicide.
shot dead on a hot morning,
running for a train.
Inspired by this...
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Lugh wrote:I like the challenge of writing to such a short structure and the added discipline of mentioning the elements or nature, hones that. Plain and simple. Bit like Karate. Learn the smaller moves and the bigger ones become easier to exercise...
Why don't you two try writing one instead of questioning it? You might even enjoy it. Honest ...
Nice one Jojo wrote:Blue sky scorching sun!
Fun, music love, alcohol.
Perfection with ice
Honesty. Always the best policy Alanthe_leander wrote:
I'm not questioning it. I would also point out that I have niether the skill to do poetry or the interest.
Learning the Japanese language is more involved then it sounds, you have to learn to *think* like the Japanese also.delph_ambi wrote: I should point out that this refers only to non-Japanese haiku; if you're going to do it absolutely by the classical rules, it probably takes rather more than half a minute to write. Plus you've got to learn Japanese.
I will give the Japanese version a go later. We had Japanese lessons years ago (I dropped out, the teacher had the hots for me ole fella). He completed the course and was quite good, probably because she was pretty lol.the_leander wrote:Learning the Japanese language is more involved then it sounds, you have to learn to *think* like the Japanese also.delph_ambi wrote: I should point out that this refers only to non-Japanese haiku; if you're going to do it absolutely by the classical rules, it probably takes rather more than half a minute to write. Plus you've got to learn Japanese.
The thinking bit I can do, its just the language that remains. Sadly learning Japanese is so low on my list of priorities that I'll probably never get around to doing it, but certainly it would be nice to add to my CV.
Jo, well played
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