who thought that was clever and worth reading... it wasn't me.

Come on, at least write it in haiku form! Try:

There must be someone

Who thought that was worth reading -

But is wasn't me.

Sorry Dahlia, a 17 syllable sentence (even if written over three lines) does not a haiku make.

yeah, that was lazy of me! O.k. then, Haiku is a 5-7-5 syllable poem usually about natural images, so:

Lithwick in Winter

We suffer her brain freezes

poor Slate Reader-s

scales

duck – dodge – weave – over

- honorable life sentence

rules– compassion – truth

Hi Bondsman, you must be kidding me: who thought that was clever and worth reading... it wasn't me

Mea Culpa!

Thank you, finkyboy. I love Dahlia, but you're right, these verses are not haiku. What does comprise "real" haiku is much more complex than can be described here. Most Modern English haiku is about 12 syllables, references nature, captures a precise moment that elicits recognition or emotion in the reader, and follows a fragment/phrase format. For example:

morning star
the newborn's fontanel
pulses softly

Rhianita;

Ok.

senators

their frollc asinine

leading just so

John, that's certainly more poetic. Needs a nature reference. What about:

the bee's crooked flight
how our senators lead
just so

Rhianita;

You really are a poet. Even I can feel that one. Bravo!

John

In fact, I am. Thank you, John.

There is much more here: http://haikuaday.blogspot.com

Hi R, I enjoyed your poems - this one in particular:

morning star
the newborn's fontanel
pulses softly

I must confess I had to look up fontanel. Apparently, newborns have six of them. So…you could add an s to fontanel and lose the finishing s from pulses - that is - if you so choose. Either way, I like the way you have the s’s going for you in your Haiku. And, thanks for providing that link.

Thank you, HAP!!