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James F. Brown
James F. Brown
10 years ago

How to write haiku,
My pen glides over the paper,
The ink runs out, no refills,
Sadness…

red
red
10 years ago

A Haiku-like description of this cover:

Haiku Poems about Winter
Snow and Frost [above center]
(How to Write Haiku)
[A shot of snow and frost for you]
[Insert responsible party] . . . couldadone better.

[At any rate the e-book costs only 99 cents.]

Kris
Kris
10 years ago
Reply to  red

Considering the cover, I doubt it is worth even that.

red
red
10 years ago
Reply to  Kris

I usually try to resist temptation when someone is giving their work away for nothing, but in this case, where they structured the type arrangement as a limerick instead of Haiku, it was just too much.

Haiku poetry
about winter snow and frost
(how to write haiku)

Waffles
Waffles
10 years ago
Reply to  red

Crazy! It is a Haiku in that order.
How could they have missed that?!

red
red
10 years ago
Reply to  Waffles

My guess is that that’s what was intended, but they used a canned cover generator that had other ideas.

Waffles
Waffles
10 years ago
Reply to  red

Oh right.
That makes sense.
😀

red
red
10 years ago
Reply to  Waffles

Or maybe it’s Book One of The Accidental Haikuist Series.

red
red
10 years ago
Reply to  red

Being an all-around evil person as well as having too much time on my hands to do anything constructive, I offer this suggestion for a cover. I even took the liberty of changing the title to make the first line 5 syllables instead of 4.

http://i.imgur.com/JtE3i85.jpg (cover pic only)

http://imgur.com/JtE3i85 (the image plus all the other stuff they add, but it might be a more reliable link)

(I realize that nothing says Haiku quite like Currier & Ives, but it is amazing how unpopular pictures of snow and frost were before the advent of thermostatically-controlled central heat.)

Ebony McKenna
10 years ago

Take decent picture
Crap all over it with text
Book covers are hard

Waffles
Waffles
10 years ago
Reply to  Ebony McKenna

Absolute Rubbish
Without a sense of purpose
Covers this cover

Kris
Kris
10 years ago
Reply to  Waffles

Yay! A real Haiku! Good job, Waffs! 🙂

Waffles
Waffles
10 years ago
Reply to  Kris

*Blushes* as he smiles
Confidence swells up inside
Kris was teh impressed