Sunday, August 22, 2010

Overflow

There was a young man from Peru,
who wrote a 4-line haiku.
His friends said it stunk,
but he said "I thunk
it the generous thing to do."

4 comments:

Charlie McDanger said...

Perhaps it wouldn't
Have been such a trick if he'd
Instead tried a lim'rick.

John Enright said...

Ha. That is too funny, Charlie.

Charlie McDanger said...

I can't believe I screwed it up again! Strike "a" from the final line...but you get the idea.

John Enright said...

Well, exactly. The idea was what made me laugh.

I suspect that counting syllables just doesn't feel natural in English, even though the Japanese do it.