This Friday, there was a lesson in Haiku poetry for us. According to the brief
Haiku poetry is a very short, centuries-old form of Japanese poetry that is an intriguing change of pace from the kind of rhythmic, rhyming poetry you’re used to reading. Haiku is like a photo that captures the essence of what’s happening, often connecting two seemingly unrelated things.
Traditionally, Haiku poetry has a total of 17 syllables broken down into three chunks of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables again.Working in groups, we are supposed to come up with a Haiku type one liner with three chunks for the following products/services:
- Spam (tinned meat)
- A second Hand car showroom
- A Funeral plan
- The NHS
- A Church
- A pension plan
- A payday loan company
- An own brand cola
- An online gambling site
We were not restricted to 17 syllables, but had to be concise.
Following are the few Haiku promotions that I came up with in my group:
A payday Loan Company –
Take it and be happy, don’t need to return it, until you get your pay.
A Pension Plan –
No sir I insist, even if you don’t want it now, you’ll need it in the future.
Wowcha!
Back home, a new laptop, found a cheaper deal on it, Wowcha!
An own Brand Cola –
Fish & Chips, Burger & Sandwiches, one thing missing.
An online gambling site –
Live happy, party hard, for the rest of your life, until you win.
