Leave Your Food Alone: Play with Your Words
Posted on: 2016/06/25
- In: In General
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I love languages, especially my own, the English language. While it can be difficult to learn, I find it rich in rewards. My favourite reward is the playfulness it can inspire.
Other cultures also like to play with their languages. The Japanese have a poetic style known as “haiku”. This short, structure poem form requires three lines with specific syllable counts (five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables). For example:
Haiku poetry
Quite deceptively simple
Syllables fight back
Local accents can add (or delete) syllables, so I find myself counting on my fingers as I slowly say the words.
Many share love of the haiku. Let me introduce you to my favourite: Haiku Ewe. The brainchild of Big Al, the Gal, Haiku Ewe describes her life and activities using only the haiku form. I think she and her creator are brilliant.
Check them out if you have a chance at http://www.gocomics.com/haikuewe.
2016/11/15 at 19:00
So cute!!
2016/11/15 at 19:29
Thank you for stopping by, and I’m glad you enjoyed my bit of whimsy.
2016/11/15 at 19:47
I surely did Victoria…thank you!