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In most ways, a hellish week.

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Another chaiku. For Linda.

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Hello All, I'm collecting Chaiku poems this time and this is the 8th. Any feedback welcomed. Btw, English is my 2nd language. Thank you for your help.

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World of Paradise is just a message poem to everyone who has belief in God.

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Chaiku Nature Competition entry I have absolutely NO Clue if this is correct! Ah but it was fun! Nature from the view of a seventy year old child!

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Dill, you're not the only one who feels this way. Thought you should know.

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Bloomington, Indiana. July 3, 2009

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Chaiku

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I've already turned the orginal version of this into a chaiku to placate Sonny. Is there nothing I won't do for that man? In the last 21 days I've only had three days off work due to working two jobs and averaging about 14 hours a day. I've had a cold the last week which caused me to feel horrible and I've been fretting about not writing much. I went to bed angry with myself for not meeting a deadline yesterday and when I woke up, the first line of this poem screamed in my head. It's time to quit making excuses.

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The rules for composing chaiku are simple and straightforward: four syllables or four words – or both – per line. A chaiku may consist of one line or of four lines (a quatrain) or of several quatrains. Any style – lyricism, humor, nonsense, satire, etc. – is allowed. Rules for writing haiku are varied and complex. In addition to the three-line, five-seven-five syllable count, haiku by one definition requires reference to nature, preferably to a season, and is generally confined to the here and now. Other genres written in the haiku form are customarily designated by another name. Disregarding the requirement for specific genre and content in haiku, how do the two forms compare in their ability to express a concept concisely? The following pair of poems was written to explore this question. Reviews expressing a preference and giving reasons for preferring one form to another would be welcome.

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A Chaiku that might express the sights, sounds, and thoughts a Marine might experience during wartime.

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Some supercilious woman reviewer chided the site's anonymous champion of chaiku poetry for using the word 'men' to all refer to all of mankind, including women. Does this mean we must revise our familiar maxims and proverbs to accommodate this scurrilous feminist propaganda? Should it now be: "He or she who laughs last, laughs best"? Should John Donne (1571-1631) have rewritten his famous poem to read: "No man or woman is an island… Any man's or woman's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind and womankind…"?

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Critiques welcomed.

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Sonny suggested I give this lovely little art form a try. I resisted the urge for about five minutes and then decided to butcher it, as I've been known to butcher other art forms. If you're offended by cursing please don't read this.

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