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Feb 28, 2007 01:42

like nothing else

their gleaming cold steel
subtle are knives that severe
like dismemberment

wounds like maggots' meal
roses bloom where blood departs
like infestation

a single green leaf
missing out the entire forest
like obsession

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defn of haiku egostriken February 28 2007, 00:17:02 UTC
haiku eh?
but "missing out the entire forest" seems eight syllabus while "like obsession" is four syllabus. is this allowed in haiku>

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Re: defn of haiku solasura February 28 2007, 04:44:41 UTC
yup, as long as i dont exceed the maximum of 13 syllabuses in a verse.

glad someone asked! haha.

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Re: defn of haiku solasura February 28 2007, 04:46:08 UTC
i mean 17. apparently, math isnt my strongest subject. =.=

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Re: defn of haiku egostriken February 28 2007, 16:55:57 UTC
oh well i am worse. lol

to think i was so bored i go and count

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