- The Haikuette is another seemingly, American answer to the haiku and was introduced by Louise Sipfle in the Caulkins Handbook and included in Berg’s Pathways…
The Haikuette is:- a tristich, a 3 line poem. Each line must be a separate entity, yet must contribute to the whole.
- syllabic, 17 syllables or less. There is no specified syllable count per line.
- written without verbs.
- unrhymed.
- titled.
You by Judi Van Gorder
fresh freckled Lily
sweet fragrance, pink and spicey
your face in the sun
Pasted from <http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/index.php?showtopic=1188>
A big thanks to the efforts for Judi Van Gorder for a wonderful resource at PoetryMagnumOpus
Example Poem
Brrrr!
early morning frost
etched crystalline windshield designs
frown on your face
© Lawrencealot – November 28, 2013