My haikus for RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge–a fun activity and contest that is open for everyone to participate, and helps keep our creative writer’s mind active! This week’s words are: Tide & Flesh.
“Erosion”
The tide rushes in,
Water wears away the cliff,
Like tears across flesh.
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“Man Eaters”
Sharks ride on the tide,
The scent of flesh is tempting,
Vampire-frog lurks.
© 2015 Rawls E. Fantasy Newsletter
How to read a haiku:
Sharks ride on the tide, The scent of flesh is tempting.
The scent of flesh is tempting, Vampire-frog lurks.
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Vampire frogs!!! and sharks riding on the tide, what a visual image you create in your haiku. Both haiku Very good. 🙂
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Thank you, Marje! I couldn’t resist a spooky theme and creepy vampire frogs. 😀 I’m glad you enjoyed them.
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I really want to know the relevance of the frog. For me it came out of left field! XD But, I really liked Erosion. Nice haiku!
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The frog, haha, well it’s a “vampire frog” that eats flesh. Lol, the idea made me laugh. XD Haikus are read as two separate images that don’t relate to each other; so the first image is the shark being tempted by the scent of flesh, then the second separate image is the vampire-frog being tempted by the scent of flesh. 😀
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That haiku rule sounds like a western addendum, but it works quite well here. Humorous poems are always good for a quick soul freshener. 🙂
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I think it’s American haiku or something, so yeah, I just follow the American version that RonovanWrites uses. 🙂 I’m curious to try Japanese or Chinese haiku. Have you tried writing some before?
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Not writing, but translating from old Japanese. 🙂 It’s got some fun conventions that are a bit harder to pull of in English, like pivot words (you can imagine using homophones to offer double meanings without sacrificing syllable counts). 🙂
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Pivot words, that sounds a whole lot more difficult, and a good challenge. That’s really cool that you can translate old Japanese. Japanese is a language I would really like to learn. 🙂
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Oh, I wouldn’t be able to do it now, haha. I learned it in uni and never used it again! 😛
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Oh no, haha, it happens! I once learned how to knit but stopped practicing and forgot all of it. And I’m sure that’s not the only thing I’ve done that with. XD Hopefully I won’t forget the piano, but I rarely ever play it–eep!
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[…] Rawls (Author): Erosion & Man Eaters | Rawls E. Fantasy. Very interesting. That first one was so excellent and then the second with the two nature […]
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Vampire-frogs! Wow, there’s a new horror in the world! 😀 Love the first one, imagery and emotion tied together beautifully.
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Vampire-frogs would be a funny, scary horror, lol! 😀 My Halloween haiku. 😉
Thank you, the first one relates to nature and to our own lives. I’m glad you enjoyed them. 🙂
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Vampire-frogs?? *shivers* I don’t think I want to be near one of those!
I echo Phoenix’s and Alex’s sentiments on Erosion. The imagery and emotion tied together very well on that piece.
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Lol! XD I’m thinking of adding them to next week’s Madnes Solver for a “Halloween theme.” 😉 Beware, those things can jump high! *shudders*
And thanks, I’m glad the first turned out so well. 🙂
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Love both haiku! Vampire frogs? Sound like intriguing characters for my next short story. 😉
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Thank you! They are funny little things, haha, they’ll be in next week’s Madnes Solver chapter too for a Halloween theme. 😀 People have done some funny artwork of vampire frogs if you google it! Guess I wasn’t the first to think of it, haha. 😀
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You’ve intrigued me. I will google it. 😀 Have a great day and weekend!
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Well vampire frogs sound terrifying. lol!! Your haikus are so cool.
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Oh they are, Claire! Theeey aaare… *cue spooky music*
Thank you. ^_^
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[…] spooky, I can’t resist sharing this find. 🙂 I first mentioned vampire frogs in one of my haikus, and later they appeared in Madnes Solver (although those particular ones are very creepy and […]
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