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Exploring the world of comic strips through vague Japanese poetry.
July 17, 2003
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- Haikus are a form of poetry that consists of three lines with five, seven, then five syllables on each respective line. For example...
Rockwood is in space (5 syllables)
On a circular station (7 syllables)
Looking down on Earth (5 syllables)
Obviously, that's pretty boring, but technically correct. Try to do more than just count syllables. Be creative!
- The haiku you submit doesn't necessarily have to have Rockwood mentioned in it, but it would be nice if it related to something in the site somehow, whether it be space-related or just pertaining to a topic brought up elsewhere.
On with the haikus!
And finally....finally? Yes, finally. For all of you who whined a few weeks ago about how an undeserving Haiku of the Week won because there were only two entries, you now have only yourself to blame. This week there was only one! Talk a lot about how you could do better? Talk is cheap! Maybe you could, but this week, only one person stepped up to the plate, and that person gets the coveted Haiku of the Week honor...
"Rhopal: This obscure but fascinating term refers to a line of poetry whose words increase by one syllable as they go along."
So because I came across this obscure definition in a book I was reading, I wasted a good two hours in which I could have been sleeping compulsively counting syllables trying to come up with some rhopals. And so I figured, regardless of whether or not the "rhopal" really existed as form of poetry or was just made up by this guy to take up space in his book, I would by golly triumph the cause now and make it be real! Hence my new website, www.rhopal.org. I figured the obsessive syllable counters here at Rockwood would appreciate a new way to count syllables.
Syllable counters
getting tired of haiku
should try a rhopal
What is a rhopal?
I am so glad that you asked!
See rhopal.org
line of poetry
words increase one syllable
as they go along
(my site is still new
please excuse its appearance
while I work on it)
So what do you think?
A new weekday attraction:
Rockwood rhopal day!
--Karl Wagenfuehr
Want to see last week's Haiku Thursday? Go check it out!
Send in your haiku and maybe next week you can achieve poetry fame! See you then!
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