I have decided to test your skills at the art of Haiku. Haiku is a poetic form with Japanese origins. Its structure lends itself to a deep meaning in a compact form. The content is usually conveyed in simple grammar and follows a syllabic pattern. The first line contains five (5) syllables, the second line seven (7) syllables, and the third line five (5) syllables. A Haiku doesn't rhyme. Instead, it must "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind. This is the challenge of Haiku writing - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in the reader's mind in only 17 syllables over just three (3) lines of poetry.
Your task for this blog entry is to create your own Haiku in response to the following prompt:
Guilty Pleasures.
Here are some examples below from Escriptus members - see if you can guess the guilty pleasure in each:
A little white lie,
My footprints at the doorstep,
Escape from the cage.
I inhale, hollow,
The thick blackened worries that
My lips push away
Apt imperfections Dermatillomania
Perceived flaws unmasked.
"Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings." - Euripides
