Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for April 15, 2016

A hiaku must stick to the formWith no deviation from normBut forget about rhymeAnd nail it each timeIt’ll prove you to be a huge gorm

(oh well, what can I say? Only 1/4 into my first cup; who knows what’ll come out…….)

Basic InstructionsApplied to everyday lifeChaos may ensue

Haikus are easyBut sometimes they don’t make senseRefrigerator

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Reading the comicsAnd the wise words of postersIt makes me happy

(The first one was kind of a cop-out, most of it is here on the comics page anyway. I felt a 2nd one was in order.)

Making a HaikuAbout Basic InstructionsHonors Scott Meyer.

Scott appears frozenIn a single pose for threePanels in a row.

Wow – all you commentators are good!

Deck the halls with boughs of holly. Fa la la la la, la la la la.

It’s incredible!A man, a plan, a canalPanama! Get it?

instructive life guide illustrated genius artBasic Instinct ta da!

The limerick formWhen neither dirty nor crudeIs seldom funny.

When your new Haikuhas in itself no Season, It is no Haiku..Last part of the rules for a successful Haiku:you must invoke Summer, Spring, Winter or Autumn.

Counted Syllables,Like ice crusted on deep snow:form without substance.

Haiku is easy.Just keep typing syllables’Til you start to run