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.

A Cinquain poetry is a five line poem. The traditional pattern for Cinquain poetry begins with one word in the 1st line, followed by two words in the 2nd line, etc.
It´s as easy as counting to five, but let´s visualize with a caffeinated example:

Coffeefresh brewed

dark Columbian beans

Café Latte, French Vanilla

Cappuccino, Espresso, hot or iced.

Got it? Good! I expected nothing else. My readers are smart =)

Talking about coffee is a piece of yummy cake for me, the coffee auntie. I´m sure it´s easy for all of you to come up with a Cinquain about the things you love… but… did you ever try to write a Cinquain about yourself?

The one and only Queen Mimi introduced an extraordinary blog to us some days ago: In Cinq.
Adria Balgassi enriches the Blogosphere by hosting the Cinq Drawer, an international community art project. 9 words + self portrait = your cinqpic. You can contribute your cinqpic anonymous in the drop box or via email. There are some rules to follow:

Snap a selfportrait (no standard yearbook shots) and snap yourself a self poem. Reveal yourself in a 9-word cinquain.
1st line: one word that represents you
2nd line: two words that describe you
3rd line: three words that show you
4th line: two words that express you
5th line: the essence of you, in one word
Also share your: Gender, age, location.

Describing myself in just nine words was a bit tough, but I promised myself to write down the first thoughts coming up to my mind and submit my cinqpic immediately. This is the outcome:

Girl, 30-something, in front of her mirror, Germany

caffeinated
drama queen
adored or loathed
there’s nothing
intermediate

Please show some comment-love to the contributors who in cinqued themselves . Click on “reflect on this” to add your positive thoughts - some of them might feel lonely and need a hug.
I´m sure you´ll fall head over heels in love with the in cinq project and become a cinq drawer yourself. Contribute yours today and get “in cinq” with the world.

That’s all I got for today, peeps!
Coffee2go was awarded 3 times this week - yay! We are allowed to pass two of the three awards to fellow bloggers, so please check back and have a look at the winners. Who knows… maybe you´re one of the winners? Talking about winners…
We´re proud to inform you we´ll be announcing the winner of our “Pimp Your Blog custom template contest” also! Hooray!
Wishing those darling bloggie people not playing Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt a most excellent weekend. Spend it frying bacon naked!

To all the others: See ya tomorrow ;)

Love ya all later!

And now…
… our moment of Homer J.:

Homer: Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.