Haiku/Senryu 二十二

complaining 

    good for;

absolutely nadda ✍🏼 

longest road

    the path to self;

hardest journey ever ✍🏼 

scope creep

    swift and deadly;

approaching like death 💀 ✍🏼 

one’s purpose

     a personal driving force;

choose the attitude for situations ✍🏼 

the last freedom 

    choose an attitude;

Any set of circumstances ✍🏼 

existential crises

    people told what to do;

typical of modern society ✍🏼 

obsessive attachment

    the trap tightening;

trying to escape thru obsessions ✍🏼 

grunts 

    life blood of Marines;

every soul is a grunt at heart ✍🏼 

women

    real pain in the ass;

men are so easy ✍🏼 

big soulful eyes 👀 

    staring up at me;

longing for lap time 🐩 ✍🏼 

Haiku: a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world. Similar poems that do not adhere to these rules are generally classified as senryū. The haikufirst emerged in Japanese literature during the 17th century, as a terse reaction to elaborate poetic traditions, though it did not become known by the name haiku until the 19th century.

The 5-7-5 structure, where:

1. The entire poem consists of just three lines, with 17 syllables in total.
2. The first line is 5 syllables.
3. The second line is 7 syllables.
4. The third line is 5 syllables.

Some of the most classic kigo are sakura (cherry blossoms) for spring; fuji (Wisteria) for summer; tsuki (moon) for fall; and samushi (cold) for winter.

Senryu: Senryū is a Japanese form of short poetry similar to haiku in construction: three lines with 17 morae. Senryū tend to be about human foibles while haiku tend to be about nature, and senryū are often cynical or darkly humorous while haiku are more serious 🧐 : a 3-line unrhymed Japanese poem structurally similar to haiku but treating human nature usually in an ironic or satiric vein.

tropical 🏝 rains 🌧 

    teardrops among blades of grass;

beware backyard floods ✍🏼