The Child Of Nomenclature: Haikus
The following verses represent my first attempt at haikus, I'm trying to investigate various forms of poetry for the purpose of expanding my skills in the realm of writing. I got the idea to do haikus from Evie-herself a very adept practitioner of the art-and she gave me a book called The Haiku Handbook to help me along. Anyway, here are my first three attempts:
Little buzzing fly,
you bother me no more:
You are the Buddha.
Friend, what is writing?
It demands nothing less than
the rape of my soul.
Bright paper dragons
winding through Chinatown
atop the dancing men's backs:
The Year of the Rat.