Limericks / A Limerick and a Haiku Face Off... Part 2

this is a fascinating concept: Battle of the Genres. not to mention hilarious to read. i think for the most part you followed structure and format rules perfectly. it’s unbelievable how you kept it going for so long. it was also very educational for me as i was not familiar with the definitions of senryu, meta-haiku, tanka, rensaku, or gunsaku. great piece. exceptionally creative. i look forward to reading more from you.

Woo hoo – you sure Haiku, don’t you? Very clever. I’m feeling immensely entertained. Sometimes haiku gets all fancy pants, and sometimes limericks refuse to say something serious. All I can say is viva la differnce! And viva to you too!

I didn’t read part 1 as of yet.
This is my first “criticism”
Interesting idea to face-off two short styles of similar genres.
kudos for inventivenss!!!!

This is very clever – and informative! Until now – I had no idea what meta-haiku, resanku, or tanka were. Question – for a tanka do all lines added have 7 or can they alternate like the haiku with 5?

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December 14, 2007

by ScottBJohnson

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A Tanka is 5 lines of 57577 syllables. It’s sorta like Haiku’s big brother. :p

December 14, 2007

by jweeble

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Thanks so much!  Especially for not minding answering. :) I will have to play with tankas tonight now. Haiku just don’t seem to satisfy sometimes – not quite enough – a taste test of sorts instead of a meal. LOL

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Haha, very amusing. Couple things though:

“He aint seen nothing yet!”

An apostrophe for “ain’t.”

“The ‘champion of poems’, his crown!”

I think the comma’s supposed to be inside the quotation marks.

”’Meta-haiku??’ Who invited you?”

I believe those first two question marks should be outside the quotation marks. Also, two in a row isn’t really needed.

Good job on this. =)

Some of these limericks and haikus have punch but some don’t. In a limerick the fifth line ought to have punch. This is not always there. There is, however, an inner drive in the author which seems to take him/her ahead enthusiastically.

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November 24, 2007

by ScottBJohnson

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I would disagree with you and say that they DO have a punchline that has to do with the overall story which is the battle between the Limerick and the Haiku. Perhaps the “punchlines” aren’t the usual dirty joke of the typical limerick… Haikus aren’t supposed to have “punchlines”, so these are obviously “senryu”.

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