Writing Haikus

I have not just been painting a lot lately, but I also have been writing a lot of haikus. 

Look, I've always had this fondness of writing haikus. I find it really fun counting the syllables, making sure everything I write has the 5-7-5 measure, and it's also very challenging! You can throw all the words you like in most poems (particularly in free verses) and short stories to convey whatever it is that you wish, but in haikus, you only have to choose the best. Not necessarily the shortest, but the best words to be straight to the point and make people understand what you mean in just three lines. 

And the best thing about haikus is that its theme is always about nature. A lot of people write haikus about the trees, the flowers, the animals, and the sky, but if you'll think about it, everything actually is a part of nature, ergo, you can write a haiku about anything in this world!

Here are a few haikus I wrote:

Mirror

I see a monster

Hidden in thick dark makeup

They see a goddess

Clock

Our time here is short

Close to death, one starts to live

A second… well spent

Lipstick

With her little hands

Young girl takes her mum’s lipstick

Paints her virgin lips

Couch

We did it right here

In high school, ten years ago

Bringing you to life

Tomorrow

I’ll do my homework

Maybe tomorrow… Or not

But I’ll get it done

Corsage

Prom night, pretty girl

A corsage fixed ‘round her wrist

Her date out of sight

Pink

It says positive

But the world’s not over yet

Pink lines won’t shake me

Keys

Unlocked, it opens

An old door that was once closed

New soul, better life

♥Andz