While I was in the mode of thinking on things Japanese, I remembered this poem from my compilation, The Rip of Gales. I can't recall exactly the circumstances of its composition, but I believe I had seen a friend do a linkage of traditional haiku "stanzas" concatenated into a longer poem. When I say "traditional" it should be in inverted commas: the English "Haiku" probably bears no resemblance to the Japanese original, requiring only a 5-7-5 syllable count; but the form has become ubiquitous and accepted, at least commonly. The uniqueness of my formation, below, lies in the addition of rhyme and meter; but the form has little future, I decided, and have left it unpursued.
Haiku Poseur
I
His petty rancor
Stirs not my tranquil bark, a
Ship tied at anchor.
II
As lazy verses
Scale his vanity’s arc, a
Vain fool rehearses.
III
He apes a Shakespeare
Whom—innuendos proffer—
Modesty makes peer.
IV
With scorn belittles
Sundry the tireless scoffer,
But pride embrittles.
Haiku Poseur
I
His petty rancor
Stirs not my tranquil bark, a
Ship tied at anchor.
II
As lazy verses
Scale his vanity’s arc, a
Vain fool rehearses.
III
He apes a Shakespeare
Whom—innuendos proffer—
Modesty makes peer.
IV
With scorn belittles
Sundry the tireless scoffer,
But pride embrittles.
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