Thursday, August 18, 2011

Introducing Pi-Ku, brought to me by Annie Brodrick


Pi-ku is a poem like a haiku, but instead of the 5-7-5 format of haiku, Pi-ku uses pi as its base.  In other words, as pi is 3.141592653..., the first line of the Pi-ku contains three syllables, the second line contains one syllable, the third line contains four syllables, and so on.

Pi-Ku Number One
Body parts
Sex
Between my legs
Old
I have nothing left
If you have to leave me then go now
My words
Will never substitute
For what a girl brings
In silence

Pi-Ku Number Two
Mountaintop
Lair
Am I hiding?
Yes
In hours of daydreams
Self-pity, anger, and sad regret
Of past
Of memories of youth
Wasted in daydreams
Of future

3 comments:

  1. Like very much! AB<3

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  2. Thank you. I look forward to working with the form, but I'm sure serious Haiku folks are shocked.

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