A Very Funny Haiku From Jeff Goldstein
the prude’s lament, 3: a haiku
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“Sometimes, when I look
at the hole in a donut,
I blush and curse God.”
Posted by Jeff G. @ 3:56 pm [at his site, Jeff Goldstein does not post here]
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“Sometimes, when I look
at the hole in a donut,
I blush and curse God.”
Posted by Jeff G. @ 3:56 pm [at his site, Jeff Goldstein does not post here]
posted by nk at 7:31 AM
2 Comments:
But it's not a haiku! A haiku must have some sort of reference to the season, which this seventeen syllables did not. It is a senryu!
Hardly anyone restricts the term Haiku to only those instances that contain a kigo -- or season word -- although their use is traditional. Other words or phrases that economically evoke the natural world -- frogs jumping in ponds, etc. -- will do although they don't necessarily pin down the exact season.
In this haiku the donut hole evokes the natural world -- in ways that may not bear thinking about but that, nonetheless, meet the test of economy quite nicely.
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