I just started writing Haikus

[bif]

I've never been into poetry, per se, but this form of it intrigues me. So a couple weeks ago I started writing it. I love the way it's so concise and disciplined. Here's my latest:

Dreams

Slipping into sleep
A world of magic awaits
So real, so fleeting

[NJCher]

1. especially

fleeting

[unblock]

2. To reduce one's thoughts / to seventeen syllables /

Is very diffic

[bif]

3. Good one!

[Brother Buzz]

6. Why not introduce fractions into haikus?

“No Trespassing. 4/17 of a Haiku.” ― Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America

[SheltieLover]

4. Nicely done, Bif!

[applegrove]

5. My first haiku i did in elementary school. It ended

with "I paddle away". It stuck with me. I can't remember anything else about that haiku. On the rare occasions I write haiku since I always end them with "I paddle away".

[Wounded Bear]

7. Did you realize we have a poetry forum?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1199

Not that it is wrong for you to publish here, but it's available and fairly active. You might get some helpful hints or critiques.

[bif]

9. Thanks

I did know about it and have posted there a couple times. Thought I'd share one here as well.

[Marthe48]

8. Spam Haiku

Found its site online
Exists now and forever
The link is below:

https://web.mit.edu/jync/www/spam/



PS. I like your haiku, embodies the spirit of the form