Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Thursday 18 August 2016

Entry for a Haiku Contest.

Canker in a sickly tree:
competitions
are living death.

3 comments:

Marcus Billson said...

Not beautiful like your others; remember, Japan like France is one of the few cultures centered around the concept of beauty. A Haiku must be beautiful. This one loses the contest.

Wofl said...

The Japanese also have an ironic sense of humour.

Marcus Billson said...

True, but which one enfolds and informs their inimitable style? Beauty (aesthetics) or humor?