5-7-5 Haiku

[Bernard]

Honestly, I don't understand most of the rules for traditional Japanese Haiku. But I enjoy writing the 5-7-5 syllable poems to express an idea:

I write poetry,
the simple beauty of a
haiku is torture

Care to give it a try?

How do you Haiku?
Try playing Tetris with words;
contortionists rule!

Here's some that I posted at the Epilepsy Foundation's eCommunity forums:

Having seizures sucks
I choose to be proactive
I search for a cure

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I face the unknown
and embrace the path I choose
I do not fear life

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Party animals,
dance to their own silent song
screaming rage inside.

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Mind, body, spirit,
an integrated system
with stress relief valve?

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The liver complains
while the brain stays sedated,
riding the storm's edge

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Gray fog surrounds me,
clouding my every thought.
When will the sun shine?

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Storm clouds stay at bay,
sitting on the horizon
of seizure thresholds

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good, exciting news
disturbs equilibrium;
stress has many forms

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Politics coined
"a thousand points of light", but,
different meaning

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The grand mal train chugs
crashing into brain station
on circular track

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brain cooked last night
dreaming in an endless loop
fever casualty

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cook-in successful
no one enjoys the main course;
uninvited guests

Hey! They can't all be winners!

[Bernard]

plant seeds in good soil,
sow ideas in forums;
reap bountiful fruit

[Spacedoubt]

my post ichtal thoughts
like gray gum on the sidewalk
cold, stiff, unmoving.

[Bernard]

Excellent Spacedoubt! Here's some more that I posted over at the EFA forums:

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Emotions erupt,
a volcano of stress flows;
circuit breaker pops

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We float down the stream
turbulent rapids toss us
where rocks block the flow

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unsettled psyche
discovered unpleasant truth;
system malfunctions

[Spacedoubt]

In a weird way that's fun.