Seventeen. I give you
Thirty-four. Double or nothing.
Nothing short of great
But a better thing
Is sticking to form, discipline
Not my thing I know
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I’ll sell you a bridge
It's January 3rd
And they started building the
Brooklyn Bridge. 1870
I’ve been schooled
Haiku, because I
asked is seventeen syllables
Now you know. Also.
HAIKUs
Haiku how?
Do I follow form
Or formulary? Is 5 then
Seven and 5 to
End the verse enough?
Or to start it up again?
Do I follow form?
Haiku wow
So short and yet still
So stubborn and insistent.
Do I follow form?
My haiku
Why five, not three, or
Four. Why seven, for me, a
Magic number, not
Nine or eleven or
An even ten an odd one
Not one per se, but
A shorter or a
Longer number like thirteen
Why five, not fourteen?
Why? Am I missing something?
Solve
Denouement, that's 3
Syllables (3 again) Ah
Panagram solved
Denouement, a word
I like. I didn't solve it
Just enjoyed the word.
Hardy little coleus
The coleus was
Strong killed by kindness, then
Neglect, it gave up
The haiku
It's not really
Lyrical, now is it, but there
Are rules to follow
Hai-ku with instruction
It's five seven
Five again, have I got it
Right? Syllables wow!
I do really need
Dolly Parton in my life
If anyone ever does
Tamara, really 