Poetry

[Bunnylump]

How do we not have a thread for this?

I'm on a group called The Daily Haiku, and sometimes people post some lovely non- haiku style poems. Here is an excerpt from one by someone called Keith Evetts which I particularly liked, on the theme: Summer

Buzz me a maze of summer lanes,
a haze of poppies blazing,
the zunzumzees of bumblebees,
a curly student lazing
under a chestnut by a girl
who reads Shakespeare aloud;
as he - crazed by her cotton gauze -
weighs each amazing word


Oooh, can't you just feel the hum of summer in that?

[Scurra]

(Is it wrong that my first reaction was: Why isn't it called "The Daily Not-Haiku" then?)

[Bunnylump]

(Is it wrong that my first reaction was: Why isn't it called "The Daily Not-Haiku" then?)

I know, a bit odd. There are lots of haikus as well, but people post what they feel like and it's generally well received. It's mostly a very friendly and tolerant group!

[SparkOut]

Roses are red
Violets are blue
This line doesn’t scan
And nor does this one.

(Paraphrased from something I vaguely recall from somewhere but can't remember the source)

[Scurra]

My favourite is still:

There once was a man
from Peru. Whose lim'ricks all
looked like haiku. He

Said with a laugh, "I
cut them in half. The pay is
much better for two."

[Bunnylump]

Of course, there are also other "beautiful" poems about summer. Here's one.

Summer Dawn by Spike Milligan

My sleeping children are still flying dreams
in their goose-down heads.
The lush of the river singing morning songs
Fish watch their ceilings turn sun-white.
The grey-green pike lances upstream
Kale, like mermaid's hair
points the water's drift.
All is morning hush
and bird beautiful.
If only,
I didn't have flu.

Gotta love a bit of Spike!