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3. April 1st

Anglers dream of Spring...

Mayflies hatch their broods in waves,

frauds begin to sting.

A roll and the drift...
I raise up on that big brown,
nestled in the swift.

Spring’s cool water
The sun warms. And
Another wader torn.

At last riverside
All winter we sit and wait
Insanity, gone

There once was a man from Nantucket. Ah, never mind.

now the troutnuts so
long in anticipation
cast their syllables

Solitude astream

cold, clear water gliding by

cleanses mind and soul

But once a year are
fingernails on a chalkboard,
as Jason cringes.

Thanks, Kurt, for initiating this bit of rule following. For those who don't know what it's about, check the forum rules. Here's the backstory on the rule in question. A while back, in a thread called "Mutillidae," Taxon and I debated Latin pronunciation. I threw out a bit of bait and got two replies, to which I posted, also making reference to a tippet knot we had been discussing elsewhere,



After a confused post or two CaseyP solved the riddle with her own haiku:



Jason took umbrage, and the next day we found the infamous forum rule, to which Kurt responded just after midnight last night. Others have less than four hours Eastern time to get their once a year oriental fix. Though there have been a few scofflaws from time to time.

Toothsome northern pike,
take my fly with great gusto
then they cut me off.

Jonathon

Black crappie so bright
eager for a nice spring meal
took Woolly Buggers.

Jonathon

P.S. This actually happened Friday and Saturday! SPRING IS HERE!!!!!!

Thanks back for the explanation, Mr. Martin. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but for those still a little in the dark... I believe Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry based on certain rules usually incorporating a seasonal reference, precise rhythmic syllable counts, and an abrupt change in direction combining seemingly disparate points but with clever or cryptic meaning. Obviously this presents problems in English translation. I believe proponents after WWII felt the English language was best used in a 5 7 5 formula using punctuation to accentuate breaks and with the first and third lines having end rhymes. Now it seems it's gone the direction of Jazz. Do I have this about right from a layman's perspective?

Anyway, it should be reiterated that that's eastern time that Louis mentioned and it is the official clock, so those in different time zones beware. If you go over you will be penalized and fined.:)

Ephemeral time...
The gong will sound to dismay;
for those that are late

BTW, Bruce. New rule.... No limericks on Haiku Day. Even unfinished ones! Limericks have the whole year :):)LOL

Limericks cause smiles -
ephemeral is Haiku.
To each their own time.

Since I have yet to hit the streams, more warmwater references herewith:

Largemouth bass so fat
still sluggish from cold winter
take a poke at it.

Jonathon

Rising Sun angle;

would Gordon use Tenkara?

Large trutta breaks free.

Spring is in the air;
Harper homers, the Nats win.
Now to go fishing.

there! fixed it.

Lamentations West;
pitchers duel till one goes deep.
The year may be long.

If you can go more than 7 in the middle, so can I. :)

Yikes... what have I done?

:):)LOL Relax, Jason. You can take the visual earplugs out in less than 2 hours...LOL

Redwings fail to play
well enough to please us fans
We need more goals guys!!!

;oD

Jonathon

P.S. Michigan has won
a place in the Final Four
Hail to the Victors...!