Golden leaves, twilight
A cliché of wild goose-calls
But they're going north






(EDIT: For those of you who don't know, true haiku attempts to manifest certain rules about seasonality and "cutting"; haikai follows the same 5-7-5 syllabic format as haiku, but otherwise no such rules apply. In Western pop culture these distinctions tend to be blurred or lost altogether under the umbrella term "haiku", but since I'm embarking on trying for serious haiku lately, I have to make these distinctions. Other than that, no big deal either way, here. I changed the thread title to include haikai because there will inevitably be examples of both and, as happens, some may defy easy categorisation. Knock yourselves out. )

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"Time is the wisest counselor of all." - Pericles

"I remain not entirely convinced of it." - Nano

Playing Uilleann pipes
Is not really that easy
Can make one surly

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"Yes... yes. This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... This Land."

Dreams of soggy grass
In the golden autumn light
Must re-hair my bow

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Golden Evening
A pipers gentle humming
barking dogs disturb

Pumpkin spice in this
And in that, ubiquitous
Grumpy Cat hates it

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"Time is the wisest counselor of all." - Pericles

"I remain not entirely convinced of it." - Nano

Autumn fruitfulness
This year's crabapple jelly
Anticipation

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I recently wrote one about my traffic woes:

http://jakeisalwaysright.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-multi-verse-haiku-for-that-guy-in.html

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John Bigboote is
A lectroid from Planet 10
Who hates John Whorfin

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Charlie
Whorfin Woods
Don't blame me, I voted for Cthulhu

Strong winds, wet and cold
Nests readied among the trees
Good: the furnace works

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"Time is the wisest counselor of all." - Pericles

"I remain not entirely convinced of it." - Nano

Curse the hill you climb
Until you reach the summit
Oh how the wind blows

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"Yes... yes. This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... This Land."

Outside my window
A leafblower whines nonstop;
I think of murder

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"Time is the wisest counselor of all." - Pericles

"I remain not entirely convinced of it." - Nano

Fans scream for their teams
Passionately fly colors...
None of it matters

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"Yes... yes. This is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... This Land."

Candy then turkey
With dressing then rum fruitcake
My, how the scale groans

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The Walrus

What would a wild walrus whistle if a walrus could whistle wild?

The second mouse may get the cheese but the presentation leaves a lot to be desired.

Ironwood tree yellow
Covered in autumn colour
Dull chores engoldened

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Yes, I'll sell my house
We'll squeeze in yours while building
There's too much junk here

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a few stories...
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