A blue Haiku
I’m down :<( here’s the news
Just cause I’m white… doesn’t mean
I can’t get the blues
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hopefully an endless variety and types. Aim is to arouse emotions of any and all nature, and if I do, then I'm doing something right. Simple poems and simple rhymes are all that I can do. Have very little formal education, having worked with my hands and not my mind most of my life. I was forced to write some poetry for an on-line writing class and got hooked on it as a fun hobby. I have nothing published and probably nothing worth publishing. I write for myself, first and foremost, but like most, enjoy it when someone else can find some interest in what I write.
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cute
I started thinking of Blue Christmas and for some reason
Blue Hawaii. Didn't Elvis sing those songs?
Anyways, your haiku is excellent.
raskin
A Cutie!
Weddings, something old, something new,
and something borrowed, and something blue.
Marin
Black and Blue
David,
When a black man gets the blues,
does he suffer Life's pains
because he's black and blue?
raggindragon
Black and Bruised
Raggindragon
Bruised blue by life's pains,the black man
Sing's, not because he's black but because
He is blue.
LOL' Marin
Blue Ribbon of Excellence!
G'day David,
That was a fantastic contemporary Haiku. I loved the fact that you included the 'sad face' as well. Brilliant! And then, even though not necessary, you had the first and third lines rhyme - a stroke of genius. It combines western style poetry with an eastern style form. Excellent! You even created some depth by including the 'theme' of being 'colored'. I really enjoyed this. And I hope you're not feeling down for too long. Have a great week.
Kind regards,
Chris :-D
Thanks Chris...
David o Whalen and also Raggin, Marin, and last but not least, always there Raskin. Seems like sometimes the shorter my poems are, the better they're received! Maybe if I can come up with a one-word poem I could make people comment their arses off! Ya think? Thanks again, and appreciate all of you.
The Last Word
LOL, David. A one-word poem, huh? That would have to be one amazing word. Or maybe it could be an Acrostic poem (the first letters of each line are aligned vertically to form a word. The word often is the subject of the poem.) Ha ha. Have fun in any case. Kind regards,
Chris :-D
Dammit Chris!
David o Whalen I used to hate haikus (thought they were a cop-out poetically) then I started to think of them as the poetic equivalent of crossword puzzles: just something to solve, and then I got hooked!! Now you not only mention Acrostic poetry, but you define the word also, as if I were a complete "doofus." (It's beside the point that I didn't know the definition of acrostic and am a complete doofus). If you get me hooked on Acrostic poems I'm going to have my Gypsy gramma put a curse on you!!
Doh!
Ha ha ha! That's funny, David. Oh, and that line about the Gypsy gramma (grandma?) putting a curse on me, reminds me of a book by Stephen King (under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman) called Thinner - fascinating story. I'm looking forward to your next (Acrostic?) poem. Hehehe. Regards, Chris :-D