Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. It is a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. The simple structure of haiku lends itself to a lot of witty potential. In a Huffington Post article is an amusing take on a fourth grader’s haiku writing assignment.
Here is an example of clever, dry wit framed in the 5-7-5 of a haiku:
Enter Second Act.
Things aren’t as bad as they seem –
They are much, much worse.
POETRY PROMPT: Observe the world around you, find humor in the everyday, and write it down in the form of a haiku.
This is a haiku
You could write a better one –
Go ahead and try.
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