Syllable Stories

seventeen syllables, telling stories. highest poems ranking: #21 highest poetry ranking: #16 highest haiku tag ranking: #1

In the seventh grade we were learning to write Japanese tanka poems. They are kind of like haiku's: five lines - 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 7 sy...

A collection of sonnets

We all have regrets. We all smile. We all frown. Sometimes all we need is an encouraging word from others or seeing that someone else is also going through pain to under...

This is so far my shortest extended Haiku describing an owl at night. The ending mentions a pen, and is being compared to the owl. The meaning of this is to point at the...

A collection of poems for the 2012 Atty Awards. Includes: -Acrostic -Free Verse -Haiku -Rhyme -Limerick -Modern Tanaga -Monostich -Tanka -Tristich -Yadu

A series of poems that discusses the manner of people and, or their morals in the world. (One Poem a day)

Poem

The title should be enough, but basically it's a bunch off scentences or Poems with 10 syllables

This poem states about the harmful impacts of summer and its scorching heat upon the biosphere. Not only do the animals suffer but also the plants and humans. Througho...

An assortment of different forms of poetry, covering a wide variety of subjects. Everything from humour to satire, from happiness to depression! In the end though, it is...

: a concept

Seventeen-syllable stories. *** Haiku is composed of 17 syllables divided, in the format of 5-7-5, into 3 lines. Meaning 5 syllables in the first and last lines and 7 s...

A 5-7-5 Poems Filipino and English haiku

"death is not the greatest loss in life, the greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live"

A compilation of Haiku's gathered from my previous volumes of poetry; just for those who enjoy short and sweet three lines of imagination. Peace out and enjoy ☮