five for the first line

seven for the middle one

five for the last line

pleased if folks here wrote,

more often would be Tao ,

Can't get enough 'ku

what tomorrow brings,

oblivion shows herself

beyond these four walls.

words in disarray

poetic chaos abounds

then five seven five

Five syllables, non?

Many a time I have tried

To write a haiku!

Seven syllables

Rest upon the second line

First and third get five.

I have discovered

This is a therapeutic

Way to spend my time

The real haiku gone

West side is best side, homey

The real haiku dead

Five syllables good

Seven syllables better

Five syllables. Truth.

Speaking in pidgin

Not full sentence or syntax

Need those syllables