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Sunday, April 13, 2008

WritingWorkshop: How do I write a Haiku?

Haiku is a new trend in poetry devised by the United States government to keep the Japanese people down during World War II. By creating a strict regimen for writers to follow that garners no possibility for coherency, they made an apt, yet propaganda-filled metaphor for what life was like for those who fought for the Pacific. However, this hate-art ending up giving birth to a respectable form of poetry. However, we have broken down the simple rules of Haiku so even the most loving of Japanese people can participate in poet-ganda.

First Line
This line can only have 5 syllables, and must be about nature. Keep in mind, use punctuation as you see fit. Sentences can start, but don't have to finish. Exploit this. If you can talk about the wind affecting something small like leafs or pebbles, that's for the best. If not, talk about a sharp disgust for freedom or capitalism.

A breeze blows leaves. Gone
or
Wind shatters the Dollar
or
The Axis conquers

Second Line
You have 7 syllables in this line, which gives you more freedom to not say anything relevant. This should describe the scene that the wind is blowing through, or crumbling America.

The forest is bare from. Gone
or
Gaze as the yen swims through blood
or
The Axis, seriously.

Third Line
To drive home the lack of originality the Japanese have, the U.S. Government had the third line be 5 syllables. No matter what you were writing about, whether it was about nature or capitalism being evil, you must end with:

We will never get bombed!

In hindsight, Eisenhower was kind of a dick.

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