Haiku Poem Cycle
There Are No Words
Words cannot express
Just how much you mean to me,
Because it’s haiku.
Frustration
I want to tell you
A secret, but I don’t have
Enough syllables.
Minimal Tribute
I hope you don’t mind
I wrote you this poem. It was
The least I could do.
Finding the Real Meaning
Read between the lines.
It’s easier than you think—
There are only three.
Lost for Words
What more could I say
That would make any difference
In so little space?
A Rose by Any Other Name
Although dahlias
Are both lush and dactylic,
Haiku prefers “rose.”
The Commonest Poetic Topics
One can say a lot
About love, death, and other
One-syllable words.
Poetic License
Congratulations!
Now you can write as you please,
Subject to constraints.
Curtis Franks lives in Chicago, Illinois and teaches at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of the Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic.