I’ve been composing joke haiku today during correspondence with a friend. She’s pretending she’s actually writing, and I’m…well, this is what I do when I’m avoiding doing things. She’s super demanding and requested a haiku ode to Snape.
This was the first:
Severus is not
my favourite but I will
write this for my friend.
She hated it. I might have made her cry. So I tried to take it a bit more seriously:
a hooked nose, black hair
harsh words belie broken heart
Lily made wrong choice.
I sent it off and received no response, which of course meant that it was the worst haiku in the history of haiku.
Back to the drawing board:
His cloak, it swishes
empty eyes hide painful past
the boy has her eyes.
Of course, she loved that one. Since I was still in a snarky mood, I decided to come up with another making Snape the object of my scorn:
Potions Master Snape
Is loved by far too many
He was just a jerk
This was her response – “Now one about Fluffy. And Norbert. Maybe some dog-on-dragon fan fic.” SEE? SO DEMANDING!
I almost always cave, though:
Fluffy and Norbert
The cerberus lay with the
Norwegian Ridgeback
Oh, what a scandal!
Who knew they would breed truly?
Dragons with three heads!
Hagrid loves the pups
but is now on the run from
D.R.C.M.C.
Pretty awesome, right?
No, don’t answer that. Please, don’t.
Ego is fragile.
