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Knitting Haiku
One of the incredibly talented knitting bloggers, Januaryone put up a contest today. The person who wrote and submited the best haiku would win sock yarn. Well, actually several skeins would be awarded randomly but the two best would win yarn. The caveat? You had to use four words from a list she provided. Check out the entries. Some are funny, some are some seriously well written haiku with all the traditional elements.
Here is my entry which is the 5-7-5 style with a tonku ending. I bolded the words used from the approved list:
Poor worm without feet,
shivers during the cool fall.
Can't knit socks - no hands.
One question for the poor thing.
Dude, at which end is your head?
I think, I would change the second line though so it reads:
Poor worm without feet
shivers in cool air of fall
Can't knit socks - no hands.
It seems silly to worry about form when writing a knitting haiku but there you have it.
amusedHere is my entry which is the 5-7-5 style with a tonku ending. I bolded the words used from the approved list:
Poor worm without feet,
shivers during the cool fall.
Can't knit socks - no hands.
One question for the poor thing.
Dude, at which end is your head?
I think, I would change the second line though so it reads:
Poor worm without feet
shivers in cool air of fall
Can't knit socks - no hands.
It seems silly to worry about form when writing a knitting haiku but there you have it.