fucking mellyvous man
with a voicebox full of hate
he spews over all
... and occasional Tanka... and Haibun. Started after a competition on the unbound.co.uk blog (see #1 and #2). Mostly actually senryu, I think. This year attempting to publish a Haiku every day - 365 Haiku a Day. For good or for ill, I always aim to stick rigidly to a 5-7-5 structure - forgive me if I have counted the syllables wrong, often they are how I have said, or thought, them in my head rather than their official number.
From words on page 91 of Roverandom by JRR Tolkien (HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013).
take you everywhere
know roughly where i'm going
have time to stretch/stop
From words on page 19 of Lessons for Young Artists by David Gentleman (Penguin, 2025 [Kindle Edition]).