5-7-5

Last year on this date

I decided to journal

In haiku format

Karen from New York

And her daughter Gwendolyn

Each keep a journal

They write in it each night

And share what they have written

Mother/daughter time

I watched them write it

When we saw them in Cardiff

On our holiday

They write a few lines

And each talk about their day

But not in haiku

I chose haiku form

To challenge myself and build

Vocabulary

It’s really quite hard

To get the syllables right

And make it all fit

Just write your 3 lines

5-7-5 syllables

And now it’s a poem

Please give it a try

It is highly addictive

And quite hard to stop

I told them at work

They said I should get a life

And everyone laughed

I really don’t mind

Because I know I am weird

And they’re just teasing

Their idea of fun

Is to get completely pissed

And act like a twat

Don’t know about you

But I’d rather write haikus

Ya know what I mean?