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bif

(26,051 posts)
Tue May 6, 2025, 12:22 PM May 2025

I just started writing Haikus [View all]

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

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especially NJCher May 2025 #1
To reduce one's thoughts / to seventeen syllables / unblock May 2025 #2
Good one! bif May 2025 #3
Why not introduce fractions into haikus? Brother Buzz May 2025 #6
Nicely done, Bif! SheltieLover May 2025 #4
My first haiku i did in elementary school. It ended applegrove May 2025 #5
Did you realize we have a poetry forum? Wounded Bear May 2025 #7
Thanks bif May 2025 #9
Spam Haiku Marthe48 May 2025 #8
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