Posted by Blinky the Shark on 01/01/07 17:47

MalcolmP wrote:
>
>>> Thank you nicely found
>>> indeed it worked a treat,
>>> all blown away now.
>>>
>>> note the seasonal ref in last line for Sally and for good
>>> measure ;) HNY
>
>> Note that the second line is short a syllable. :)
>
> Oh ?I thought it was supposed to be 5, 7, 5 ??

You thought right. Do you really say "work ed", as two?


> -------------- snip here and discard -----------
> 1) very approx cos it is a transliterated art form it would seem.
> 2) Either one of us can't count(**) or the other doesnt know how I
> pronounce 'worked' :-!)
> 3)poetry is like music, it doesnt work on paper you've got to hum it, all
> together now, after me 1, 2, 3. ;)
> 4) who cares, lol!
> 5) stop muttering from a sedentry position (as they say in the House),,
> your offering is ,, ?
>
> Heheee, all good fun, who'd'av believed it !
> And there I was, being all worried that _I_ was going to be OT in my first
> post !
> Tried to be polite and got Spartacanned for my troubles.
>
>>>> We don't get many attempts at haiku in here. ;)
>>> Not enough syllables :-)
>>That's why I said "attempts".
>
> Point of order yr'onner, I wasn't attempting !
> You really meant to say ",, get many inadvertent haikus ,," !
>
> (**) It's the spirit that counts,,,
>
> Now where were we
> what's the plural of haiku,
> mumble seasonal mutter


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