@Natasha_Jay

There once was a poet from the Isle of Wight
Who had this great idea one night
He said you know what I'll do?
I'll write a haiku
But he didn't get it quite right.

@Natasha_Jay

I once tried to write
a haiku, but enjambment
ruined it right through!

So a limerick was
writ'n, that it would all fit'n — one
poem then became two!

@Natasha_Jay

they had us in the first half

@Natasha_Jay

Oh there once was a
Limerick from Peru that
Turned into haiku.

@Natasha_Jay An oldie but still unsurpassed:

There was a young man
From Peru, whose lim’ricks all
Looked like haiku. He

Said with a laugh, “I
Cut them in half, the pay is
Much better for two!”

@Natasha_Jay

Masaoka Shiki from Japan
Was a very peculiar man
He tried Limericks for years
But he only got red ears:
Oh well, I write a Haiku then.

@Natasha_Jay

A nurse motivated by spite

Tied her infantine charge to a kite;

She launched it with ease

On the afternoon breeze,

And watched till it flew out of sight.

- Edward Gorey

@Natasha_Jay

A thing of beauty, thank you!

@Natasha_Jay That's on a par with the one I read earlier (I'll edit to give credit once I find the bookmark -
Edit it was @rose_alibi) which went thusly:

Q. Why did the Reply Guy drown in a puddle?

A. It was a well, actually.

@Natasha_Jay

There was a young man of Japan
Whose poems it seems no-one could scan.
When they asked him one day
Why his poems ran this way
He said: "I try to fit as much into the last line as I can"

@Natasha_Jay excellent💙

reminds me of one of my favorite haikus:

Fuck
the
rules

😁💙