Constructing my first ever haiku

Hello Hello Hivians and poets

How poetic are you feeling?

If you know me you know I love to research things ain't that right @deraaa

Well a wonderful web3 community I am a member of is a real community, in so far they organise lots of fun little activities to do.

These can range from online poker games, to digitally colouring cards to baking physical cakes!

Oh to reward the community involvement they give tokens out as a reward!

Yes real tokens, the community is Across protocol and their native token is $ACX

One of their latest community events is to write a Hailu and post it on Twitter!

So that was my why I embarked on this journey!

What is a Haiku?

I had heard of them and even seen them being posted in Inleo am pretty sure by @dbooster
I knew they were three lines and that was it!

Of course there is more to it, and as Mrs T calls me the pedant, it turns out it is right up my street!

• haiku ˈhʌɪkuːnoun from Oxford Languages
  a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

The term haiku is derived from the first element of the word haikai (a humorous form of renga, or linked-verse poem) and the second element of the word hokku (the initial stanza of a renga). The hokku, which set the tone of a renga, had to mention in its three lines such subjects as the season, time of day, and the dominant features of the landscape, making it almost an independent poem. The hokku (often interchangeably called haikai) became known as the haiku late in the 19th century, when it was entirely divested of its original function of opening a sequence of verse. Today the term haiku is used to describe all poems that use the three-line 17-syllable structure, even the earlier hokku.

Some background information from britannica. Interesting to note that a haiku is unrhymed! So that is far less narrowing than I presumed!

Mrs T who despite being an American is remarkably well versed in the English language and it turns out the Japense language too, knew it was three lines and seventeen syllables although did not know it was 5/7/5.

Where to check for syllable count?

I just performed a google search for Haiku Syllable Counter and lo and behold the first link was for haikusyllablecounter.com

Now my haiku requirements ...

Create a haiku with the word Across in it, deadline Valentine's Day.

As Across protocol is a bridge for converting different cryptocurrencies and Valentine's is all about love, I had my idea in my head!

My entry process Step 1 words

I often use wordcounter and type direct in there if I want to type fast. So that is what I did with my haiku.

It is the only way to do it as far as I am concerned, because you see at a glance how many syllables you are at, and can change words if needed very easily!

Click the Count Haiku Syllables button and this comes up.

The result:

✔️ 17 Syllables
✔️ 3 Lines
✔️ 5 7 5 Syllables Per Line

✔️ Fluffing result!

My entry process Step 2 Pretty picture

So I wanted a typical Haiku picture they tend to be with a Japanese bridge in them anyway, so I went to my favourite editor pixlr and put my prompt in.

Out came this picture and I added the words plus in the bottom right corner a few tags and names for Twitter...

I thought I got the words quite well to capture the love of crypto and the fact when you do bridge money you are going on trust, but of course Across Protocol is an established and trusted bridge...

Punctuation? Do you/Don't you?

That was my only dilemma before I hit publish, it turns out that it can be used but does not have to be. I did see a reference to punctuate like a sentence, so I did that.

The kireji is part of a haiku but the reference to Love and Valentine's Day being in the winter I take to be the season reference, so have not written a kireji as such!

My entry process Step 3 post on Twitter(X)

Please feel free to show it some love on Twitter/X here

Well there we go, how I made my first ever haiku and my first foray into Japanese poetry, I am pretty sure my first poem published on Hive as well!

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!