haiku does not rhyme, dammit

Leaves twist and jostle
Weaving their way together
Before they settle.

you have big brown eyes
my gawd you are beautiful
so
dang
beautiful

@rookie54 said
you have big brown eyes
my gawd you are beautiful
so
dang
beautiful

Gee thanks!

@ponderable said
hunger eats belly
knobbly drenched in butter
Refreshing filler

That is also not a proper haiku.

5-sylables
7-sylables
5-sylables

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku

@moonbus said
That is also not a proper haiku.

5-sylables
7-sylables
5-sylables

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku

So my count:

hun-ger eats bel-ly (5)
knob-bly drench-ed in but-ter (7)
Re-fresh-ing fil-ler (5)

Where did I go wrong?

@ponderable said
So my count:

hun-ger eats bel-ly (5)
knob-bly drench-ed in but-ter (7)
Re-fresh-ing fil-ler (5)

Where did I go wrong?

drench-ed

@handyandy said
drench-ed

So that's a slinet e...you could pronounce it however 😉

I will rework.

@ponderable said
So my count:

hun-ger eats bel-ly (5)
knob-bly drench-ed in but-ter (7)
Re-fresh-ing fil-ler (5)

Where did I go wrong?

"Drenched" is pronounced "drencht", one syllable.

Similarly, "marked" is pronounced "markt" (one syllable), but "markedly" is pronounced "mark-ed-ly", three. Not easy for a non-native speaker.

the haiku must be perfect
even if the syllable count is wrong
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Monitor flickers
Another missing driver
Search the Web in vain

System file not found
Data is transitory
Tech support helps not

@moonbus

Just unplug it all
Eject it out the window
Life's too short for this

@caesar-salad
A lump of metal
Why rage against the machine?
It does not hear you

@moonbus said
"Drenched" is pronounced "drencht", one syllable.

Similarly, "marked" is pronounced "markt" (one syllable), but "markedly" is pronounced "mark-ed-ly", three. Not easy for a non-native speaker.

There is a rule somewhere. 🙂 We non-native speakers rely heavily on grammatical rules, and memory. 🙂 In this case I would guess it has to do with pronunciation. You choose the easiest way.

The cat is sleeping,
her purrs are like therapy,
I feel contented.