Haiku is one of the most important form of traditional Japanese poetry.
If you are able count syllables, you can write a haiku. Haikus don’t rhyme, and they aren’t supposed to have a title. A Haiku must “paint” a mental image in the reader’s mind. Haiku is a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, including a theme.

A Matsuo Bashō classic:

初しぐれ猿も小蓑をほしげ也
Hatsu shigure saru mo komino wo hoshige nari

the first cold shower;

even the monkey seems to want

a little coat of straw.

[At that time, Japanese rain-gear consisted of a large, round hat and a shaggy straw cloak.]

You know, I´m definitely not a “classic” person… and I rarely stand to the rules, so…

Glistening like a
ridiculous pink trophy
my dildo triumphs

I bet this one will cause a blog-ranking of NC-17!
However, writing haiku is quite addictive. If you´re able to write 10 haikus in your life you´re allowed to name yourself “haiku master”. Well, I´m off to work on my master degree now =)

Feel free to post your haiku in the comments or via email. For further inspiration visit hawt Turnbaby´s Hot Haiku and Hot Haiku Redux!

Have a great day, peeps - spend it painting hawt mental images into anybody´s mind!

catch ya,

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.