Here is their first attempt at Cat Haiku:
Voluminous cat
of ginger stripe elegance
purrs with contentment
The simplified Western version of haiku is usually described as an un-rhymed, three-line verse of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables. Twodragonflies.com gives a more complete description of Western haiku:
- contains 17 syllables or fewer
- written in three lines or fewer
- it is untitled
- it is unrhymed
- it can be read in one breath
- has two images in juxtaposition
- contains concrete images
- contains two images separated by a pause
- links nature with human nature
- often includes a season word or "kigo"
- contains no similes
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Paws of velvet steel
Eyes that soothe my errant soul
Feline purrfection unowned
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