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#200327 06/08/11 12:00 PM
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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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SnowGirl #200346 06/08/11 05:22 PM
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Yes very nice haiku.

SnowGirl #200351 06/08/11 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted By: SnowGirl
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 smile 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.

Candy #200362 06/09/11 03:35 PM
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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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LukeJavan8 #200378 06/10/11 09:19 AM
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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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Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
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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