Dave's Classic Haiku and Fauxtrains: Here are a few for the night. Enjoy and practise!

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Monday, September 18, 2006

Here are a few for the night. Enjoy and practise!

run jump and balance youth is wasted on the young graceful rocking chair look within oneself introspection greatest cure for all worlds evil closing eyes to strife look deep into my own soul find peace in myself graceful tai chi dance exercise for soul and mind toning the body precision and grace... Sign in to see full entry.

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I admire the Japanese culture more than any other culture in the world. Their strict adherence to cultural traits and their own personal self-discipline leave me ashamed of my own shortcomings, which are many. However, I feel like I do have an ability to write meaningful Haiku and am disappointed with the many writers of "Haiku" which depart from the traditional "5-7-5" format. Here are some of my works for your enjoyment. Fauxtrains are a poetic style I created myself by accident, thinking I was writing Quatrains. Not sure how I made the error but I like it. They are similar to Haiku in that it is a strict format, eight lines, syllable count of 2-4-6-8-6-4-2 and no punctuation or capitolization. However, Subject matter is completely open, whereas Haiku is supposed to be strictly about nature with no human element! Try it and send me your efforts!

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