MOCK-HAIKU

Traditional haiku is a highly disciplined form of Japanese poetry. Each poem consists of three lines consisting of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively. Haiku describe a single moment in time, of a natural theme, with one ‘seasonal’ word and no metaphors or similes.

Mock-Haiku look like Traditional Haiku in that they follow the three lines and syllabic format, and each line should be complete in iteself and not a continuation of the previous lines. Everything else is fair game with all the abstract weirdness you can muster up. It’s a fun exercise to see what kind of oddities you can cram into the format!