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I enjoy writing haiku and at times challenge myself to write haiku in alliteration. One of my favorite words is "susurrus" and was pleased to see it as the word of the day on June 8, 2011! Here is a haiku I wrote using the word susurrus:
Sunday sun sinks slow
slender salix softly sways
soothing susurrus
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welcome, SnowGirl!
susurrus is a great word.
and a very nice haiku, too!
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WELCOME SNOWGIRL
and as Buff said: very nice Haiku.
We have a limerick section going in the Fun and Games
Thread: Sparteyes.
Perhaps we can get some of us to come here too.
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I enjoy writing haiku and at times challenge myself to write haiku in alliteration. One of my favorite words is "susurrus" and was pleased to see it as the word of the day on June 8, 2011! Here is a haiku I wrote using the word susurrus:
Sunday sun sinks slow
slender salix softly sways
soothing susurrus
I like your haiku too, SnowGirl  It can't be easy to use the word 'susurrus' in many conversations. Its good that you came here to post....just the place to discuss words and things.
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Well there is a bunch of us here now, we should join her
with some Haiku's.
Is it 5-7-5 syllables???
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That's a common form, Luke, but there's no universal style.
Sandhill cranes touch down,
silver pond beside their feet
reflecting mountains
I haven't tried this in a long, long time.
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Sorry...I'm not even going to try, but I will come around and read yours!
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Well there is a bunch of us here now, we should join her
with some Haiku's.
Is it 5-7-5 syllables??? In the Japanese original form it's 5-7-5 morae, which isn't quite the same as syllables. Haiku, for example, would be two syllables in English but is three morae in Japanese. But there's more to it than that. There is a cutting word at the end of the first or second line and there is a seasonal reference in there somewhere.
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That's very interesting: the "seasonal reference".
And the sandhill crane, Trom. About 95% of them pass thru
here twice a year migrating: really liked your haiku.
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The scent of Spring is
a magic all around us
wafting fragrant news.
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I appreciate it, thank you.
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That's very interesting: the "seasonal reference".
And the sandhill crane, Trom. About 95% of them pass thru
here twice a year migrating: really liked your haiku. Rearranging minimally: And the sandhill crane Ninety-five percent pass here, Yearly, migrating.
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Very, very nice.
They are quite the bird and deserve it.
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And as oldish one of mine.
Winter's cold center
cherry trees blossom once more
blooming feather white
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Rain by the buckets
comes down perpetually
Killing the roses
gnar!
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A yellow mongrel
finding treasure by the harbor
gulps a dead squirrel
My dog. The harbor is four miles from the nearest tree: I suspect that the squirrel was dropped by an eagle.
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I was following behind a work truck and reading the advertising and I wondered if this could be a Haiku  Thinking Termites Think Termite Solutions Absolute
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One rehearsal done
Forty-seven more pages
Memorization
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I was following behind a work truck and reading the advertising and I wondered if this could be a Haiku Thinking Termites Think Termite Solutions Absolute Peter said above there are many kinds of Haiku, so I don't see why not.
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One rehearsal done
Forty-seven more pages
Memorization Way to go! Incorporating theater with the site.
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I was following behind a work truck and reading the advertising and I wondered if this could be a Haiku Thinking Termites Think Termite Solutions Absolute Peter said above there are many kinds of Haiku, so I don't see why not. I don't either. I rather like it.
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Thinking Termites Think
Termite Solutions
Absolute
The message of the advertising is some kind of a puzzle to me.
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That is part of its appeal.
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Thinking Termites Think
Termite Solutions
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The message of the advertising is some kind of a puzzle to me.
It was probably a truck that does termite extermination. Perhaps that is what you don't understand. Little bugs that eat the inside of your house: the wood. Do you have termites in Netherlands?
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No Luke, we have ants and aphids and their close relationship is disastruous to my apple tree. I think termites would not flourish in boggy land.
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I had to have exterminators, a year or two ago, come and get rid of them when they infested my house. Cost a fortune. I live in an area where they are fairly common. Some info and pictures: http://www.termite.com/termites/termites-nebraska.htmlQueen: 2000 eggs a day. Soldiers: fight ants and have been doing so for 250 million years, according to this article.
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Driving miles and miles up the I-5, watching the changing scenery, I often tried to compose haiku about what I was seeing. I have gotten better in form, but it's still just two sticky note pads of scribbles.
It is hard to drive and write your thoughts on a tiny pad of paper on the steering wheel! All those people texting keep trying to run into me!
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Driving miles and miles up the I-5, watching the changing scenery, I often tried to compose haiku about what I was seeing. I have gotten better in form, but it's still just two sticky note pads of scribbles.
It is hard to drive and write your thoughts on a tiny pad of paper on the steering wheel! All those people texting keep trying to run into me! Driving miles and miles, Writing scenery haiku. Texting drivers! Run! [And welcome, va! (Is this a friendly Board or what? Only five posts, and already you're on a first-name basis!)]
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It is hard to drive and write your thoughts on a tiny pad of paper on the steering wheel! I have just the thing for you va-vavoom! A Dictaphone
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I do have a recorder but, ya know, it's just not the same as writing the words on paper and moving them around to make it sound nice. You's still have to transcribe at some point. Besides that little pad of sticky notes has brought many comments from passengers.
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thanks for the welcome, Wo!
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I do have a recorder but, ya know, it's just not the same as writing the words on paper and moving them around to make it sound nice. You's still have to transcribe at some point. Besides that little pad of sticky notes has brought many comments from passengers. And as a teacher I sure do welcome that comment. There is certainly nothing like writing words on paper. Too much techno-communicating out there, cheapening communication.
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cheapening communication. Cheap, my foot! Not like a good ol' No.2 pencil!
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I use mechanical pencils because I am really cheap and that way I don't have to constantly buy a new sharpener for the one I can't find. *lol*
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