Twitter Laureate embraces cultural and poetic diversity.  This week we will be exploring the Haiku form of poetry.  You can tweet on any topic you like.  Most likely, the more obscure and abstract, the more profound it will seem.

You don’t know how to write a haiku?  Wikipedia has an article on it that gives a lot of background.  I pulled out the following quote as describing the structure relatively simply:

In English, haiku are usually written in three lines to equate to the three metrical phrases of a haiku in Japanese that consist of five, seven, and five on (the Japanese count morae, which differ from English-language syllables; for example, the word “haiku” itself counts as three on in Japanese (ha-i-ku), but two syllables in English (hai-ku)

I expect that we’ll use the english approximation (using sylables, not on).  I encourage you to step out and try a new thing with poetry.  There are no wrong answers and poetry is only bad in the eye of the beholder… So the only audience you really want to please is yourself… and then let everyone else be a surprise.

Oh, and don’t forget to use the #tl tag to make sure your tweet gets picked up on twitter search.

Twitter Laureate
Sunshine on a deep blue pond
My heart is at peace

Give us your best 140 characters.  Connect with peers around the world on the pain or joys of airports.

Don’t forget to use the hashtag to register your tweet.

Also, check out the voting on last week’s topic.  Pick your favorite and cast your vote.

Now is your chance to wax poetic about Apple’s iPhone.  Love it or hate it (or both) let your thoughts be known. Team up with another twitterer to create a joint composition or even create your own twitter laureate series. Either way, let’s hear what you have to say.

As always, each tweet is limited to 140 characters, and you need to include the #TL tag to be part of the fun or Twitter Search won’t include your piece.

Oh the Joys of VACATION!

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