By Will Collette
The Haiku is a Japanese literary form, a poem done with 17 “on.” An “on” has generally been interpreted in Western culture to be a syllable, but that is a simplistic explanation. The haiku is a serious art form and many poets have devoted a great deal of study to learn how to use the form.
The “on” or syllables are arranged in three lines with 5 syllables, then 7, then 5, like this:
April 17
Is National Haiku Day
Enjoy one today
See if you can compose a haiku about Charlestown . Send it to us at progressivecharlestown@gmail.com. Who knows? This could be bigger than Peeps®.
Here’s one to get you going:
Boss Gentz, Dep’ty Dan
The sputter and the giggle
Let’s give them the boot
And another:
CCA says feds
Will take back Ninigret Park
Let Dan go instead
