Word Craft

[jjhunter]

in haikai haiku
alternates with stanzas of
seven and seven

I find that these longer lines
offer opportunity

to luxuriate
in loquaciousness and fall
in love with wordplay

but enough of poetry
proselytizing; I'm glad

that you shaped words here
that you are finding a place
that you let me know

Response to a poem by kohikari in an invite-code seeking haiku chain.

English pronunciation used for 'haiku' and 'haikai'.