Reclusive rodent
Sits shyly in summer shade
Her haiku heaven
Lovely “Poupette” courtesy lecritiquedeparfum.com
Friday Haiku: Leaf Me Alone!
August 7, 2009 By
Reclusive rodent
Sits shyly in summer shade
Her haiku heaven
Lovely “Poupette” courtesy lecritiquedeparfum.com
Summer in the shade
Green leaf is my companion
Peaceful Friday fun
Green palace of shade
Solitude is what I want
You leaf me alone
Shy, little rodent
Hiding ‘neath a big green leaf
Cats can’t get me here
Leafy greens leafy
Cute nosicle all a twitch
Nom nom nom nom nom
Please don’t rake the lawn!
Homes are very hard to find
In this neighborhood
Sweetest rodent face
Safely ensconced in green shade
Time for a short nap
Mousie My Mouse
Cuddled in her green leaf
Daydreaming of cheese
lets play in my fort
tell me what is the password?
“No kittehs allowed”
Damn Cute Overload
Making me be creative
I’m so bad at this.
Hi Rattie! Wow that
Is some green hide out ya got
tickle tickle HEE!
Someone take off that awful thing about the chihuahua with the fork in his head! Eeeks.
“Her haiku heaven” is 6 syllables, not 5
her-ha-i-ku-hea-ven
[Um, we say "Haiku" with two syllables. Just like it's not "He-a-ven" either - Ed.]
Secret hiding place
Life is good in my green den
The world passes by
Good camouflage, rat.
I almost didn’t see you there
except for the nose
Leaf’s oval peephole
Frames bewhiskered muzzlepouch
Cuteness reigns supreme
Beleaf it or not,
I can’t beleaf it’s Friday.
Yay what a releaf!
Leaf it to Rodent?
Is this the new spin-off of
Leaf it to Beaver?
Cool oak leaf shelter:
Nom-able gingerbread house
For rat omnivores
You think me cute, yes?
Coquettish eyes a-twinkle
I bit your hamster
Steven’s post got me curious, so I checked Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster.com, both of which show “haiku” as having two syllables:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/haiku
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haiku
Dees posh leaf club
ees only for dee famous!
You not on da leest!
C.O. loves nosicles, it’s true
Be it rodent or puppeh or gnu
I promise next week I’ll try, hey,
I know it’s not “Limerick Friday,”
But I really do suck at haiku.
[Bummer that this is >140 characters, which means I can't fit it all into a Tweet. Oh well, WIN anyway.
- Ed.]
“Haiku” does have three
Syllables in Japanese,
Which has no diphthongs.
[See, here's the thing, though
[Not That Mike The Other Mike
[Isn't Japanese - Ed.]
Pixy – do you speak Japanese, out of curiosity? I do (well – kind of – chotto masu) and technically its two syllables, given pronunciation – not the spelling. I thought that “Hai” in Haiku is one sound, not two….as opposed to saying “Hai” as in “yes” – then it has a very subtle two syllable pronunciation….but I dunno – maybe I’ve been saying it wrong all these years…?
They told me it was a fig leaf,
Use it to cover your parts,
But when I got it over my head,
I decided to use it as a house instead!
(Not haiku, but my weak attempt at serenading Da Maus)
a giant fig leaf
modest mouse’s cabana
before a cool dip
In hiragana,
Either would be written as
Ha-i – no “ai” sound.
Having said all that,
I’ve heard “hai” spoken both ways
(To my western ears).
(Oh, and no, I can’t
Speak a word of Japanese -
Just watch anime.)
True, Ed; my haiku
Would not scan in Japanese.
“Haiku” two? Or three?
And in Japanese,
“Mike” would have two syllables!
Which breaks everything…
we’re ‘merikans, we speak ‘merikanese so haiku is two syllables.
=P
The middle line of
The sample haiku can be
Tricky to say right.
Sweet little mousie,
Your elegant green housie,
Cools you in Summer.
Sweet pink nosicle
relaxing and eating leaf
You had me at “nom”
Or if you’re a rat,
A vegetational hat -
What’s cooler than that?
all kidding aside, couldn’t find a viable website on how many syllables the word “haiku” has. But interesting discussion, b/c Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry, if the Japanese pronounce with 3 syllables, wouldn’t it make sense for it to have 3 syllables in English?
For me, its along the line of people who try pronounce spanish words, without even trying to say it correctly. For instance “Punta Gorda” is pronounced Poontah Gorrrdah. Not Puntah, Gordah. Makes me cringe.
OK – pixy I see what you mean. You are right it is spelled in hiragana in three parts: Ha-i-ku. Therefore if the poem is written in Japanese – then it counts for three syllables/onji. In english, it doesn’t. Good show.
There once was a mouse
With a leaf for a house
And a little pink nub for a nose.
She could have used bricks,
Or straw – even sticks
But foliage is what she chose.
……From the Not a Member of the Haiku Dipthong Commentroversy (but it’s rather intriguing, I gotta admit) Dept:
Agenda Topic # 1:
Love the Sesame Street Letter Sponsorship Hovertext added to the whole
a) Photo
b) Story behind photo
c)Haiku
Triangle ……or Tripod ….or ….
well, you get where I’m goin’ w/ this.
Agenda Topic #2:
@ KOA — while I’m gen not one of Rodentia fans…..I *LIKE* your adaptation of the film line “You had me at nom” (as one our fearless Ed’s sez — I’ve forgotten which one it is) — *snerk*.
With all the above noted,
Carry on !!!
Taking a break from
Playing in the summer sun
Mouse rests under leaf
Lost Stanley eats his
way out and presumes to find
Dr. Livingstone.
Cool leaf green auto
glides to a stop at red light
you have Grey Poupon?
derz:
One word that always got me when it has been mispronounced is PAELLA.
I am not Spanish, but I do cook – a lot! I know it is PAELLA: (Pie-ay-ah).
You cannot imagine what comes out of people’s mouths for this word. Mostly things that sounds like PELLA.
But back to Da Maus…and his Haus.
You mean it doesn’t rhyme with “STELLA-A-A-A-A-A!!??”
Little mouse says, Wait!
Not That Mike The Other Mike
ISN’T JAPANESE?!!
[... but I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so. -- Mike]
Sits shyly in summer shade
Ssits shyly in summer shade
Sits shyly in summer shade (What the heck. Who IS this Argyle Donkeypants?).
Sits shyly in summer shade
Shh….
Doh!
Argyle Donkeypants Esq wins.
Haiku aside for the moment, does everybody fully appreciate the beepability of that little nosicle? The BEF? The big, floppy ear? What is this little cutie, anyway–mouse, rat, or something else?
[beeps a leaf-tip, just to be contrary]
(beeps Theo’s nose)
Petite rat was found
What, on a perfume website?
Fragrant wee rodent.
Like my new awning?
It’s from the summer sale at
Dens, Nests, and Beyond
(See, I finally remembered to include a season!)
girlfriend spending night
please give me privacy now;
you have no manners
Can I put my two penny worth in Sevveral Haiku translators break the syllabuls rule even adding fourth lines in fact in this
http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140441857,00.html?sym=TAB
Noboyuki Yuasa
Translates all of Basho’s with 4 lines.
What is this critter?
Mouse? Gerbil? Hamster? Hedgehog?
Regardless – tres cute!
Mary, I already asked, and nobody will tell us what it is. I think there’s some kind of conspiracy going on!
[It's a rat, OK? RAT. It's a CUTE rat. Cute Fancy Rat with a giant leafy hat. - Ed.]
…or possibly is Siberian Hamster. [/fawltytowers]
(whispers: thank you, Ed. didn’t mean to get you all riled up.)
“Ever hear of the bubonic plague, Manuel? It was very popular here at one time.”
But skippymom, he’s domesticated!
No. Is Siberian hamster!
“Man at shop give me special price!”
(I am POSITIVE that Theo’s FT post was not there earlier when I made my Siberian hamster comment…just so I don’t look like an idiot…
)
And my favorite line ever:
You ought to be on Mastermind, Sybil. Next category: The Bleeding Obvious.
Please don’t watch me change
I am not wearing panties
I’ll be out in five!
AuntieMame, did you get the dead pigeons out of the water tank yet?
I believe we have a natural in Pixi Misa! Check out those poems!
@NTMTOM
re: #11
ROFL
This one’s a tough-y.
Haiku do not need to rhyme.
Rats are in season.
What can be better
Than a bed that you can eat
Can you answer that?
Pastoral rodent
Framed with exquisite panache
Makes all of us smile
You just might think that
Seasonal references
Would be easier
Best Basil Fawlty line ever:
“What did you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically…?”
“sweeping wildebeest”
Ah, to be in Africa!
Excellent journey!
Eerie rodent hides
Under large leaf nomming, fright!
Will my face be next?
“You call that a bath? That’s not big enough to drown a mouse!”
(“wish you were a mouse…”)
Yeah, I was just thinking about Mrs. Richards the other day.
@Skippymom, Didn’t God give you eyes?
“Yes, but I don’t use them because it wears the batteries out.”
I spy with my eye
a little rat in hiding
spying back at me!
Theresa, every time I buy toilet paper I ask myself, “Do I want plain ones, or ones with my address on it?”
Little Rat Cottage
Made of a fig leaf on lawn
Summer rat palace
Don’t mind him, he’s from Barcelona.
I don’t understand what the perfum site has to do with the rat? Very cute rat pic though.
[Someone on behalf of the site sent us the picture. -- Mike]
Just don’t mention the war…
ah, sentient being
all knowing, seeing, nom-ing
tres’ deliciousness
mousies cute nosey
springs forth from summers reward
i cant wait for fall
mademoiselle mouse
you come to zee green casbah
with me for nom feast?
those whiskers, pink nose
i’ve seen them somewhere before
yes! the post office
innocent mousie
harbored safely in cool leaf
loves philodendron
acrobat mousie
upside-down philodendron
now walk on ceiling
mouse in the green grass
two peas in a pod? not now
lets make summer fun!
content as always
lazy mouse enjoys summer
‘neath philodendron
come join me human
lets snuggle beneath my leaf
enjoy restful nap
these mousie haiku
for my daughter gillian
-expressions of love
Alone behind leaf
Enjoying some private noms
Or hiding from cat
…..ummm….Ed’s: Do I detect any *tension* in your information/ reply to the Conspiracy Theory in the earlier Comments??
(Sorry — since I’m not a Primary Rodentia Client, it’s taken me quite awhile to browse around, before bothering to wander into the Friday Haiku Item ….)
and Skippymom– wha’??
(Exposing STILL MORE nerdy naivete)….the choices re Papier du Toilette?
Izzat a PopKulcha reference, of which I ain’ go’ NO KLUE?????
Mousie under leaf
Sniffing the air happily
A huge leaf indeed.
er .. my post at # 50 was merely poetic license.. did not mean to irk “ed.” with my question .. it was not a serious question .. so sorry ….
I wasn’t really irked, people. Geesh.
“EEEvenshwaleeee”- Manuel learns a new English word. My fave.
omg i love rat is that even a rat?
Steven, her haiku heaven is five
her
hai
ku
hea
ven
each line represents a syllable
omg i love rat is that even a rat?