Haiku Explained With A Haiku

1:23 pm June 26, 2012 Chompsky

Proud teacher Eric K Carr posted this photo of a haiku composed by one of his fourth grade students at Tolsen Elementary School.

Any comments on this post not in haiku form will be deleted.

28 thoughts on “Haiku Explained With A Haiku”

Al on June 26, 2012 at 1:26 pm said:

Oh, that is awesome
That kid deserves a medal
Good on ya Broadsheet!
Chris on June 26, 2012 at 1:30 pm said:

I see no comment
In haiku form has arrived
Before I wrote this
Iwerzon on June 26, 2012 at 1:30 pm said:

Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner because
He has a square arse.
- Ella on June 27, 2012 at 12:04 am said:
  
  Plus one for you, sir
  Though one of what, exactly?
  Never clear on that.
Ronan on June 26, 2012 at 1:32 pm said:

While a clever guy,
This student clearly deserves
A kick up the hole
- deliverusfromevil on June 26, 2012 at 10:15 pm said:
  
  Fair play to the chap
  It isn’t easy to do
  And get it so right.
McMacalot on June 26, 2012 at 1:40 pm said:

Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don’t make sense
Refrigerator
Tom on June 26, 2012 at 1:53 pm said:

that is stupendous
really intelligent kid
teacher is so proud
Gav on June 26, 2012 at 2:07 pm said:

To write a haiku
with seventeen syllables
is very diffi
absosmashing on June 26, 2012 at 2:08 pm said:

I don’t (really) know
what a tracker mortgage is
I’m on the wrong page
NiallOK on June 26, 2012 at 2:14 pm said:

So that’s a haiku?
Why didn’t I know that then?
What’s the point of them?
- deliverusfromevil on June 26, 2012 at 10:20 pm said:
  
  Clarity and wit
  Encapsulating a thought
  Like an epigram
Intact on June 26, 2012 at 2:17 pm said:

Haiku. How strange
A means of posting comments
On the internet.
Helen on June 26, 2012 at 2:19 pm said:

I walk across sand
And find myself blistering
In the hot, hot heat
EmilyAM on June 26, 2012 at 2:27 pm said:

Fair play, in fairness
To that little poet kid.
Ah here, go Broadsheet!
- Spaghetti Hoop on June 26, 2012 at 2:39 pm said:
  
  Meanwhile where is this
  Defiant one you ordered
  That looks like Ireland
GoodCod on June 26, 2012 at 2:32 pm said:

A challenge set by
Moderating Overlords
Is easily beat
Phil T. Rich on June 26, 2012 at 2:41 pm said:

Bleedin’ Rapi(d) whah!
Dat der Haiku is deadly,
‘naul and anyways.
Caimin on June 26, 2012 at 3:15 pm said:

I love my broadsheet
it shows the best of reddit
now that is meta
munkifisht on June 26, 2012 at 3:56 pm said:

Must post in Haiku?
This is Discrimination
against the stupid.
Niall on June 26, 2012 at 3:58 pm said:

A haiku needs
seventeen syllables and
a nature reference
- munkifisht on June 26, 2012 at 4:35 pm said:
  
  Oh, so something like
  A tree in a wood with birds
  or some other crap
- EmilyAM on June 26, 2012 at 5:06 pm said:
  
  The images must
  Juxtapose but split. Two roads;
  A divining rod.
- Caimin on June 26, 2012 at 7:04 pm said:
  
  I’m taking a dump
  In the forest Neath the trees
  I have no jacks roll
Tom on June 26, 2012 at 4:47 pm said:

Not to be outdone,
I must make one as well yes?
but maybe I fail.
sinabhfuil on June 26, 2012 at 5:46 pm said:

Defiant, he writes
On wall, in green and orange
Damn hipster student
Andy Blackmore on June 26, 2012 at 9:51 pm said:

To guy neath the trees
In forest, taking a dump.
How bout a dock leaf?
- Xiao Liu on June 27, 2012 at 4:28 am said:
  
  Where there are dock leaves
  Nettles sprout aplenty too.
  Bare bums should beware!