Rather than Haiku these more closely resemble Senryu because they explore human foibles and lack a cutting word and a seasonal reference. They lack a couple of the 17 morae common to Senryu, however. Syllable count is the least important characteristic of Haiku. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senry%C5%AB
I have often wondered how Haiku can be translated from Japanese to English and still have 17 syllables when Japanese cinema translated to English has their mouths keep moving after they have finished speaking.
gbars70 over 1 year ago
That Haiku Garden sounds like Alice’s bio.
JudasPeckerwood over 1 year ago
Give me more pudding and marshmallows.
Cornelius Noodleman over 1 year ago
I read this comic, I read the whole thing two times, time lost forever.
Pet over 1 year ago
Clever! :-))
nyrB Premium Member over 1 year ago
today i learned a new word!
P51Strega over 1 year ago
Haiku, poetry without rhyme or reason. I’m with Alice, bring out the nursery rhymes.
Plumbob Wilson over 1 year ago
Even the last panel conforms to the style.
ChessPirate over 1 year ago
Today’s Cul de Sac
It’s Poetry in Motion
Sitting on the couch?
A.Ficionada over 1 year ago
Haiku was never so true
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
So – I’m NOT the only one who picks the marshmallows out of Lucky Charms…
Thomas R. Williams over 1 year ago
Rather than Haiku these more closely resemble Senryu because they explore human foibles and lack a cutting word and a seasonal reference. They lack a couple of the 17 morae common to Senryu, however. Syllable count is the least important characteristic of Haiku. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senry%C5%AB
norphos over 1 year ago
I have often wondered how Haiku can be translated from Japanese to English and still have 17 syllables when Japanese cinema translated to English has their mouths keep moving after they have finished speaking.
harvey812abc over 1 year ago
Or Dr. Seuss!
MFRXIM Premium Member over 1 year ago
More, please!
6turtle9 over 1 year ago
A day in the life
Center of the universe
Alice is thy name
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
—In which Richard Thompson displays his virtuoso cartooning in six haiku panels!
Gone too soon….
ComicRelief over 1 year ago
Classic Cul de sac
JH&Cats over 1 year ago
The moment on the sofa, however brief, is touching: Petey a little more sociable than usual; Alice a little quieter and less histrionic.
JP Steve Premium Member over 1 year ago
Now you’ve got me counting everybody’s posts on my fingers! 1,2,3,4,5. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7…
asrialfeeple over 1 year ago
Had they a day job
I would’ve told them as a reader
Not to give it up.