Haiku #9 - Chris Gone

Chris went far away

She is on a whirlwind trip
She hates haiku poems

Haiku #8 - Work

Work is exhausting,
Work is troubling and stressful,
Work is for the dough.

Haiku #7 - Sweaters

Sweaters weren't for me,
Time passed and tastes have evolved,
Sweaters are now daily.

Haiku #6 - WoW

World of Warcraft game,
Addictive drug for many,
Nice pastime for me.

Haiku #5 - Limericks

Limericks are hard,

I have tried to create one,

But to no avail.

Limericks

Hiakus are easy, as previously mentioned, and quick. On average, they take me about 3 minutes to write and would take me less time but I triple-check my syllables.
This past weekend, Chris mentioned I should try my hand at limericks, which are still on the easy side of poetry but aren't as simple as haikus. I think this suggestions stems from the fact that she does not like haikus and probably doesn't want to read too many of them on my blog.
So according to Wikipedia:
"The standard form of a limerick is a stanza of five lines, with the first, second and fifth having eight or nine syllables and rhyming with one another, and the third and fourth having five or six and rhyming separately. Lines are usually written in the anapaestic meter, but can also be amphibrachic."
Since I really only a couple meters and neither of those mentioned ring a bell, "an anapaest or anapest, also called antidactylus, is a metrical foot used in formal poetry. In classical quantitative meters it consists of two short syllables followed by a long one". And "an amphibrach is a metrical foot used in Latin and Greek prosody. It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables".
An example of a limerick, again from Wikipedia, is:

"The limerick packs laughs anatomical
In space that is quite economical,
But the good ones I've seen
So seldom are clean,
And the clean ones so seldom are comical."

So I will try it out, maybe make one this weekend and see if it is any good. If not, then at least we all learned a little bit about Limericks.

Haiku #4 - Insights

Insights are most rare,

They come unexpectedly,

Often bring great change.

Haiku #3 - Workouts

Workouts are not fun,
Exhausting exercising,
Very glad when done.

Haiku #2 - Photoshop

Really great image,
Put in some time and effort,
Made even better.

Haiku #1 - Armored Core

Armored Core on screen,
The game says mission failure,
Another attempt.

Haikus

When I was in elementary school we learned what a Haiku was. Basically it is just a short poem consisting of three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second 7 syllables and the third 5 syllables. I wrote them every now and then and always chose them as a poetry form when choice was given. When I was in residence at university I covered our bathroom full-length mirror in Haikus and silly phrases and didn't have much difficulty thinking of them.
I am writing this post because I want to start writing Haikus again as they are creative and thought invoking without taking a great deal of time or effort to create. I want to try of write at least one Haiku each week for a little while and see how it goes.