In The Meantime... Wartime Haikus #6

I still write a haiku almost every morning, except Shabbat and Jewish Holidays. This has been going on for years. It's truly amazing how much can be communicated in just seventeen 17 syllables, 5, 7, 5. Have you tried writing them? You can think of me as "addicted." #morningcoffeehaiku 

Here are some; enjoy. I'm interested in your reactions and opinions, thanks.

Jewish Birthday YES!

thanking Gd for everyday

enjoy to the hilt🎂

Israel's enemies

don't care about history

facts get in their way

strange unsettling time

How will history report?

depends who's writing...

war will resume soon

much worse than ever for sure

deals don't make real peace

finally summer?

forecast for hot days...

dreaming of the pool....

shining sun comforts

Gd's light brings many blessings

thank Him every day...

optimistic sky

message from Gd that He's here

never give up hope

praying for good week

life's very complicated

sun's shining, good sign

despite war, life's great

sounds really impossible

Israel's miracle

barely slept last night

I guess my body didn't need sleep

things just can't control

looking for sunshine

in very difficult times

we must do Gd's will...

uncertainty reigns

true peace definitely far

VICTORY's needed

ceasefire's not true peace

every second's more danger

our enemies laugh

our Independence

must be more than just a word

don't fear to WIN war

remembering friends

more killed by our enemies

true... we're still not safe

busy yesterday

funeral for friend's mother

many said goodbye

being busy's great

I'm thankful to fill my days

friends, travel, study

Life Unplanned-- VICTORY Prayer Haikus #5

I've been writing haikus on Facebook every morning for years and have posted a variety on both my blogs, Shiloh Musings and this one. I label my haikus Morning Coffee Haikus, and you can use that title for searching. 

IMHO haikus are a fantastic writing medium, because of its restricting the writer to express a thought in just seventeen 17 syllables. Enjoy my haikus and try writing your own. Which is your favorite? Please let me know in the comments, thanks.

Passover countdown

adds to pressure during war

trying to stay sane

strange... seasons confused

raindrops greeted me at door

blessings, Gd willing

rainy dark morning

strange, cold pre-Pesach weather

still rain prayers, OK

Gd only saves us

when we follow His commands

We're not just puppets

can't lie, yes, worried

no peace without victory

next battles much worse

optimistic dawn

but sans VICTORY no peace

deals don't bring true PEACE

evil enemies

must be totally destroyed

deals total farces

war's far from over

Iran's a lot better armed

last spring we were conned

can't fall back to sleep

Iran bombed long before dawn

but thank Gd unharmed

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Haikus, So Much Said in 3 Lines, 17 Syllables

I've been writing haikus every morning for years and have a facebook group where I post them. Since the war against Israel began, many of my haikus are political, but some just deal with ordinary life. I'll include some of them here.

Honestly, I recommend writing haikus to learn how to express yourself with a minimum of syllables and lines. As I said in the title here, just three lines, five syllables, seven syllables and finish with another five syllables.

Mulling over map

while drinking friend's strong coffee

in Jerusalem

figuring out new route

to Matan* while roads dug up

in Jerusalem

despite worries slept

thanking Gd for energy

long busy day planned

coffee energy

when sleep won't cooperate

life's complicated

Gd willing Shabbat

will herald true peace, please pray

Gd is our True King

*Matan is where I study Tanach/Bible

I Had No Idea, This Would Be So Popular

You may know that I write a daily, except Shabbat, #morningcoffeehaiku and since a haiku is a poetic form based on syllables, 5, 7, 5, I needed some advice.

Would you consider "tired" one syllable or two? Need to know asap, thanks.

The answers, OK, debate are continuing. Here are a few:

• 2
• One.
• In the south it's at least 3.
• Definitely region dependent
• Yeah I was born in Brooklyn. There the question, "Did you eat yet?" has only one syllable: "Jeet?"
• That depends on just how tired I am! 
• one for me. Depends on where you live :-)
• Two. But my South African husband says it in one. Tahd.
• See a dictionary entry. 2 syllables.
• 1 your jaw drops only once.
• why not 2? there are 2 separate vowel sounds-check in a good old-fashioned dictionary /it shows the separation
• it's not ty-red. It's ti -erd can't you trust a teacher with 40 years experience.

What do you think?