Haiku's on the Beach

Well, I'm officially on... VACATION! I'm leaving for Cape Cod at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning, and I'm set to arrive in the late afternoon. I have a house down there, and I'm going with a few relatives. One such relative, my aunt, brought an anthology of haiku's to dinner tonight... We all took turns finding random haiku's and reading them aloud- some were quite entertaining. I believe one went something like this:

Alone at last
I wonder where
Everyone went

You might notice that this doesn't follow the "traditional" haiku format.. few of them do. Apparently, the original haiku form in Japan had nothing to do with syllables- it was based on the number of Japanese characters. This cannot be directly translated into English since the languages are so vastly different. Therefore, the 5-7-5 format was adopted. However, the true essence of a haiku is capturing a moment in as few words as possible. Due to this, many modern haiku's don't follow much of a form at all.

So, then, since we were having such a great time with our haiku's (there's one about a prostitute for 25 cents, but I forget how that one went...), we came up with a genius idea.... To document random moments of our vacation through haiku's, and then create a collective book at the end.. Just tonight, we created a few great ones...

This one, I made, and its pretty self-explanatory...

I'm wondering
Why there are Doritos
In the freezer

I made the following two as well, and they are about this family card game we always play... Pig. It's similar to Spoons, and it involves passing the cards around the table until you get four of a kind. Then, you put your finger to your nose and everyone else follows suit. The last one to touch their nose receives a "P", and then an "I" and "G". When they have the full "PIG", they become pigs. If you talk to a pig, you become a pig, so you have to try your hardest to ignore them. There are all kinds of tricks to get people to talk to you. Another thing is that you can't touch your nose on accident or you receive a letter, because it messes up the game. Unfortunately, it seems that your nose always has a tendency to itch at the wrong moment...

Pig: an excuse
To ignore
Your child

Playing Pig
Nose itches...
Oh, dear!

Anyway, it was a pretty fun night. So, the next time I post I will be relaxing on the beach!! Can't wait!

So long-
And remember...
Curiosity Kills