So... you know how in elementary school, they "teach" you how to write poetry by starting out with haiku? "Oh, it's simple, 5-7-5," is the idea. Hah! It would be better to start people off on heroic couplets. Anyway, in college, my creative writing professor kept shooting down my haiku (and rightfully so). Eventually, I submitted this one:
I wait and wait For inspiration to come— But still no haiku.
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So... you know how in elementary school, they "teach" you how to write poetry by starting out with haiku? "Oh, it's simple, 5-7-5," is the idea. Hah! It would be better to start people off on heroic couplets. Anyway, in college, my creative writing professor kept shooting down my haiku (and rightfully so). Eventually, I submitted this one:
I wait and wait
For inspiration to come—
But still no haiku.
"Too sarcastic" was his comment.
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