As a disclaimer, I have to admit I am a haiku nerd. I love them, love how they can so concisely express entire stories and feelings in such a compact package. I love how you really have to think about what you are trying to say and chose your words carefully so they express your meaning exactly yet also allow for private interpretation. I'm currently in the process of writing a novel and I am having one of my minor characters speak in nothing but haiku. It has been a fun exercise in word usage for me. (obviously my life must be pretty boring if word exercises are considered fun, eh?)
Although I know traditional Japanese haiku are usually about nature, I have been writing them about everything and anything. Somehow it seems to put a sense of order into an otherwise chaotic life.
Here are the ones I wrote in class today:
Unload my heart in
seventeen syllable bursts
written just for you.
Fresh, fallen, crisp, cold-
snowflakes dance down from above
and melt into earth
Swiftly, downward, fly
a dizzying path of white.
Exhiliration
Cinnamon scented;
your heartbeat beneath my cheek.
Electric slumber.
Denim. Cotton. Gone
Together now, we combust.
Were the ghosts watching?
Your writting a novel!? thats awesome, my cousin is also writting a book. I think its awesome how interested and knowledgeable you are about writting. I had trouble writing the Haiku in class and you wrote a whole character. good for you! good luck with your novel
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