Should we inquire in
Five syllables? I don't think
It's appropriate.
It's appropriate
To curtsy and kiss my ring
I am an Empress
I am Empress
Don't know any distress
Alas, I am none's mistress.
I am none's mistress
But I can count to seven
And also to five. (see page 1 for rules!!)
And also to five;
a contemplation of sound
in seventeen parts.
In seventeen parts,
Buxtehude's Cantata
Is a trifle hard.
Is a trifle hard?
Not when I make it, baby
And so nice to eat
And so nice to eat
Hippo sausages in the
Jungle, with pasta.
Jungle with pasta-
An unusual choice, but
Oh so avant-garde
Oh so avant-garde,
The graffiti'd wall, the pot
Of old bloater paste.
(did you know bloater paste is an anagram of a lobster paté? do you care?)
Of old bloater paste
I have had more than my share.
No more rubbish, please!!
(Old Bloater Paste! What a wonderful name for my favourite person!)
No more rubbish, please!!
We must do away with trash!
Recycle it all
Recycle it all!!
We must do away with trash!
No more rubbish, please.
(How's that for recycling? Ha!) :wink:
No more rubbish please.
The government is in need
of re-education.
Of reeduca-
Tion let us talk - in prisons
In particular.
In particular,
Remember, this is Haiku
Count your syllables
Count your syllables
And keep your powder dry, say
Veteran soldiers.
Veteran Soldiers
May not know the sheer joy of
composing haikus.
PS. Ok. I suck at syllable counting. I have problems with longer
words, since I ofttimes pronounce the words wrong and stress the syllables incorrectly.
(mosts of us don't speak sixthlayerofhellish either, n!)
Composing haikus,
The great man walks on the beach,
Sniffing the sea air.
Sniffing the sea air
I detect a hint of salt
And distance and dreams
