Sunday, January 13, 2008

a haiku for you

1 comment:

  1. I have been trying
    To write a haiku for you
    Some things I just can’t do

    Maybe you’re beyond
    Ancient asian poetry
    Or maybe it’s just me

    I have been trying
    To get this haiku just right all night
    For you; alright I’m through

    Maybe this poem
    Was lost in the sauce we spilled
    That never got refilled

    I’ve never thought much
    Of formulaic verse anyway
    And rhymes are not my forte

    I have been trying
    To get this haiku just right all night
    For you; alright I’m through

    CHORUS:
    I’m trying not to try too hard
    But you’re hard to write down right
    So I pen these tried attempts
    At haikus for you tonight

    Lah dah dee diddum
    Lah dah dee doom doo ditto
    Dum doo lah dee doh

    There, that’s sufficient
    I wrote a haiku for you
    Well I tried at least, and that’s not so bad
    I’m working here; can that be said for you

    CHORUS

    Words don’t work like Webster says
    They trip me up all night
    I’m just trying to write for you
    But you’re hard to write down right

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