Strange Brew by John Deering for October 26, 2011

Syllable count is all wrong to be a haiku. How about:Break room snack machine Has taken my last dollar I hunger and thirst

I must lose some weight / glad snack machine is broken / though Cheetos are good

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A haiku is supposed to have 17 syllables, no more, no less.That’s just how it is. Don’t ask me why.

@comicnut4636 – that should be:? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ?

Japanese Haikuhas seventeen sounds or ‘on’They’re not syllablesThey’re even shorter than syllables so 12 syllables approximates 17 on. So syllables are the best probably only way for us to compose them. That said, I composed my favorite haiku a couple of years ago while running through a cottonwood tree rich area during a major release of seeds.Cottonwood seeds fallSnowflakes you catch on your tongueAck Ack Patooey

this was not haikubut counting right doesn’t countwhen it’s all in fun

;:-) :-)

Those snack machines take your money but never give you any snacks.