Sensational Haiku Wednesday
Welcome to “Sensational Haiku Wednesday!”
Click here for info and background on this weekly event!
The basics:
Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
This week’s theme is: Manners
You. Manners. Mind them!
Tired of rude, unthinking twits
Raining on the day
Close lips while eating
Say please. Thank you. You’re welcome!
It takes so little
Open door? Look back…
Hold it for the next person
Common courtesy.Manners mean a lot
Teach your children from day one
Never be sorry.
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Next week’s theme: Home
Note: Nothing makes me happier than to see new people getting “hooked on haiku”! Keep it going to make it to the Hooked on Haiku List (if you’re not listed and should be, please [politely] let me know!)
To participate in this week’s event, please use the following code in your post on your own blog (if you don’t have a blog, post your Haiku as a comment):
Yay I love all of your haikus! I wish my family would learn the closing lips rule lol
Jenn – the first entry is not this week’s theme (it was last week’s theme) prefilled submitted in error … sorry!
Love your set of Haiku!! Right on target!
Great haiku
Manners = social intelligence. I wonder why it’s so little valued as something to be taught in today’s society? Hence the rioting in London etc!
Thanks Jenn for the inspirational outlet!
i try to teach my boys, and they catch on some. hopefully they wont be complete buffoons when they grow up. i tell ya, the ones who need manners training the most are customer service people and some waitresses!
great haiku!
every one of you Haiku Jenn I have been reminding people of for years but the close your mouth while eating that is my pet peeve everyone in my family chomps! = )
Your set of haikus is excellent. I agree we need to teach our children manners.
My “Manners’ haiku is up today Jenn, as I could not open the blog :( Hope my haiku conveys a polite and well-bred social behavior which mama’s insist when young!! :)
My wee daughter says
Manners are important for
learning all lessons.
It’s a little after 2 a.m. Wednesday, 17 August, in my part of the world and I’m shocked to find that there is “no one home.” Boo hoo!
Apologies! I was so exhausted yesterday that I completely forgot about it – first time ever!! It’s up now :)