Haiku: Election Is Nigh

My college mate Tolstoy Tingang Trang has suggested to me that I should seriously consider writing haiku poems.  In the last couple of days, I decided to do some study about haiku though initially I thought haikus are not the type of poems that I would want to write. Then I became hooked and have been busy trying my hands at writing haikus.

Haiku

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme.

When I first looked at haikus, I thought haikus are easy to write. It was only when I actually tried to write haikus that I found out writing haikus is not as easy as it seems. You need to tell your story in three lines with 17 syllables.

I have written about 10 haikus in the last couple of days and today I would like to share with you this haiku about the forthcoming election in Sarawak.

Haiku: Election Is Nigh

Promises abound

Opposition they subdue

Election is nigh